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.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERYAnne, 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.
More Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes
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We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self denial, anxiety and discouragement.
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Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
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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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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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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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Thank goodness, we can choose our friends. We have to take our relatives as they are, and be thankful.
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It’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.
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In daylight I belong to the world . . . in the night to sleep and eternity. But in the dusk I’m free from both and belong only to myself . . . and you
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Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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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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It’s the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can’t cope with it.
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Don’t look at me so sorrowfully and so disapprovingly, dearest. I can’t be sober and serious – everything looks so rosy and rainbowy to me.
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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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Facts are stubborn things, but, as some one has wisely said, not half so stubborn as fallacies.
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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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