Gilbert put his arm about them. ‘Oh, you mothers!’ he said. ‘You mothers! God knew what He was about when He made you.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERYMatthew, 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.
More Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes
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It’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.
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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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Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne.
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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
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I’m really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.
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trees, unlike so many humans, always improve on acquaintance. No matter how much you like them at the start you are sure to like them much better further on, and best of all when you have known them for years and enjoyed intercourse with them in all seasons.
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I’m afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We’ve got to face the fact. (Walter)
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I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me.
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All life lessons are not learned at college,’she thought. Life teaches them everywhere.
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Thank goodness, we can choose our friends. We have to take our relatives as they are, and be thankful.
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What had seemed easy in imagination was rather hard in reality.
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Mrs. Spencer said it was wicked of me to talk like that, but I didn’t mean to be wicked. It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it?
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I shall give life here my best, and I believe it will give its best to me in return.
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When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend Though she may wander far.
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It’s the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can’t cope with it.
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