Matthew, much to his own surprise, was enjoying himself. Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to do the talking themselves and did not expect him to keep up his end of it.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERYIt’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.
More Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes
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All life lessons are not learned at college,’she thought. Life teaches them everywhere.
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There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more.
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most people worry so much, they think you’re not right if you don’t worry.
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What had seemed easy in imagination was rather hard in reality.
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Youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.
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But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn’t it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and sensible . . . and good? What would we find to talk about?
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Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
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One can’t get over the habit of being a little girl all at once.
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She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend – as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.
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It’s so hard to get up again—although of course the harder it is the more satisfaction you have when you do get up, haven’t you?
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Some nights are like honey – and some like wine – and some like wormwood.
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The world looks like something God had just imaged for his own pleasure, doesn’t it?
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Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne.
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Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self denial, anxiety and discouragement.
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