My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERYOh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne.
More Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes
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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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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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Youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.
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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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The world looks like something God had just imaged for his own pleasure, doesn’t it?
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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.
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A child that has a quick temper, just blaze up and cool down, ain’t never likely to be sly or deceitful.
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She had a way of embroidering life with stars.
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Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
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Some nights are like honey – and some like wine – and some like wormwood.
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We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
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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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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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That is one good thing about this world – there are always sure to be more springs.
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One can’t get over the habit of being a little girl all at once.
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