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 MONTGOMERYAnne was always glad in the happiness of her friends; but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by happiness that is not your own.
More Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes
-
-
All life lessons are not learned at college,’she thought. Life teaches them everywhere.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
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?
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
She had a way of embroidering life with stars.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
Life, deal gently with her … Love, never desert her
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
I’m afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We’ve got to face the fact. (Walter)
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend Though she may wander far.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
Dear old world’, she murmured, ‘you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
It’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
How fair the realm Imagination opens to the view.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend – as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
Anne, are you killed?’ shrieked Diana, throwing herself on her knees beside her friend. ‘Oh, Anne, dear Anne, speak just one word to me and tell me if you’re killed.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
In daylight I belong to the world . . . in the night to sleep and eternity. But in the dusk I’m free from both and belong only to myself . . . and you
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I’ll be through with them. That’s a comforting thought
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY -
Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY