Thank goodness, we can choose our friends. We have to take our relatives as they are, and be thankful.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERYmost people worry so much, they think you’re not right if you don’t worry.
More Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes
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Anne was always glad in the happiness of her friends; but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by happiness that is not your own.
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Youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.
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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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Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember 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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I shall give life here my best, and I believe it will give its best to me in return.
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Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
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Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne.
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March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs, bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling, each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine.
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Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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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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One can’t get over the habit of being a little girl all at once.
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What had seemed easy in imagination was rather hard in reality.
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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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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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