I dream of a home with a hearth-fire in it, a cat and dog, the footsteps of friends, and you!

L. M. Montgomery · Gilbert Blythe to Anne Shirley as he finally wins her, in Anne of the Island, chapter 41, 1915.

I don't want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want you.

L. M. Montgomery · Anne Shirley's answer when Gilbert Blythe, finally accepted after years of waiting, warns her that a doctor's wife will see no "diamond sunbursts and marble halls"; the book prints YOU in capitals.

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Life with you is a perpetual honeymoon.

A short anniversary toast for a couple that never got over each other.

Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will.

The four beat card rhyme that shows up on anniversary gifts everywhere; no author has ever been found.

Being someone's first love may be great, but to be their last is beyond perfect.

A widely shared anniversary line with no known author.

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“I dream of a home with a hearth-fire in it, a cat and dog, the footsteps of friends, and you!”

“I don't want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want you.”

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“Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will.”

“Being someone's first love may be great, but to be their last is beyond perfect.”