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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?

Lucy Maud Montgomery

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Forward Future Mistake Regret
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?
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Believe Color Drab Rather Wise
Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
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Sociable Tree Whispering
Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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Encouraging Positive Uplifting
I’m really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.
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Broken Heart Little Spite
What had seemed easy in imagination was rather hard in reality.
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Easy Imagination Reality
I have really done so few bad things that they have to keep harping on the old ones [.]
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Bad Create Few People Thing
Heretics are wicked, but they’re mighty int’resting. It’s jest that they’ve got sorter lost looking for God, being under the impression that He’s hard to find – which He ain’t never.
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Jest Look Lost Sorter Wicked
Life, deal gently with her … Love, never desert her
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Deal Desert Gently
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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October September Skip World
Thank goodness, we can choose our friends. We have to take our relatives as they are, and be thankful.
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Being Goodness Montgomery Thankful
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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Arms Made Mother People
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.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Ambition Anxiety Self
It’s the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can’t cope with it.
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Cruelty Kind Worst
That is one good thing about this world – there are always sure to be more springs.
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Animal Good Things Nature Spring
Facts are stubborn things, but, as some one has wisely said, not half so stubborn as fallacies.
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Fact Half Stubborn
Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.
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Air Inspirational Mistake
Fancies are like shadows…you can’t cage them, they’re such wayward, dancing things.
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Dance Fancy Shadow
Some nights are like honey – and some like wine – and some like wormwood.
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Honeym Night Wine Wormwood
I shall give life here my best, and I believe it will give its best to me in return.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Believe Giving Return
Youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.
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Forever Heart Vanish Youth
We are never half so interesting when we have learned that language is given us to enable us to conceal our thoughts.
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Half Interest Language
Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Anticipation Forward Half Look
most people worry so much, they think you’re not right if you don’t worry.
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People Thanks Uneasyness Worry
All life lessons are not learned at college,’she thought. Life teaches them everywhere.
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College Everywhere Lesson Life
My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.
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Hope Life Perfect
There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more.
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Imaginary Use World

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