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.
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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Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more.
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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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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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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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Fancies are like shadows…you can’t cage them, they’re such wayward, dancing things.
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I’m really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.
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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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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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most people worry so much, they think you’re not right if you don’t worry.
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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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Fear is the original sin. Almost all of the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something.It is a cold slimy serpent coiling about you. It is horrible to live with fear; and it is of all things degrading.
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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 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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