I shall give life here my best, and I believe it will give its best to me in return.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERYtrees, 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.
More Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes
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Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.
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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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Fancies are like shadows…you can’t cage them, they’re such wayward, dancing things.
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Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
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Life, deal gently with her … Love, never desert her
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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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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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The world looks like something God had just imaged for his own pleasure, doesn’t it?
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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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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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Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne.
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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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How fair the realm Imagination opens to the view.
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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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