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Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

What had seemed easy in imagination was rather hard in reality.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Easy Imagination Reality
Fear is the original sin. Almost all of the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something.It is a cold slimy serpent coiling about you. It is horrible to live with fear; and it is of all things degrading.
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Degrad Evil Fear World
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
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
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 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
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
Heretics are wicked, but they’re mighty int’resting. It’s jest that they’ve got sorter lost looking for God, being under the impression that He’s hard to find – which He ain’t never.
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Jest Look Lost Sorter Wicked
We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
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Forward Future Mistake Regret
She had never before minded being alone. Now she dreaded it. When she was alone now she felt so dreadfully alone.
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Dread Felt Mind Woman
Youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.
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Forever Heart Vanish Youth
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
Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
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Sociable Tree Whispering
most people worry so much, they think you’re not right if you don’t worry.
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People Thanks Uneasyness Worry
I shall give life here my best, and I believe it will give its best to me in return.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Believe Giving Return
It will come sometime. Some beautiful morning she will just wake up and find it is Tomorrow. Not Today but Tomorrow. And then things will happen … wonderful things.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Beautiful Inspiration Morning

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