There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERYWe are never half so interesting when we have learned that language is given us to enable us to conceal our thoughts.
More Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes
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The world looks like something God had just imaged for his own pleasure, doesn’t it?
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Some nights are like honey – and some like wine – and some like wormwood.
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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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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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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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How fair the realm Imagination opens to the view.
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Dear old world’, she murmured, ‘you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.
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I do know my own mind,’ protested Anne. ‘The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again.
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Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
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One can’t get over the habit of being a little girl all at once.
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It’s the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can’t cope with it.
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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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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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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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All life lessons are not learned at college,’she thought. Life teaches them everywhere.
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