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Anne 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.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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Encouraging Positive Uplifting
There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more.
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Imaginary Use World
I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it?
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October September Skip World
I’m really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.
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Broken Heart Little Spite
That is one good thing about this world – there are always sure to be more springs.
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Animal Good Things Nature Spring
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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Duty Faces Found Friend
It’s the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can’t cope with it.
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Cruelty Kind Worst
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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Believe Color Drab Rather Wise
I have really done so few bad things that they have to keep harping on the old ones [.]
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Bad Create Few People Thing
It’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.
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Gables Graduation Green World
All life lessons are not learned at college,’she thought. Life teaches them everywhere.
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College Everywhere Lesson Life
Gilbert put his arm about them. ‘Oh, you mothers!’ he said. ‘You mothers! God knew what He was about when He made you.
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Arms Made Mother People
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.
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Emotion Enjoy People Quiet Talk
I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me.
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Back Book Come Hate
I do know my own mind,’ protested Anne. ‘The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again.
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Mind Own Trouble
Dear old world’, she murmured, ‘you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.
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Alive Glad Lovely World

Anne 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.

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Anne 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.

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