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 MONTGOMERYtrees, 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.
More Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes
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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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Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
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Mrs. Spencer said it was wicked of me to talk like that, but I didn’t mean to be wicked. It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it?
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That is one good thing about this world – there are always sure to be more springs.
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It’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.
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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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We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
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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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I have really done so few bad things that they have to keep harping on the old ones [.]
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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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Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.
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It’s the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can’t cope with it.
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Life, deal gently with her … Love, never desert her
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The world looks like something God had just imaged for his own pleasure, doesn’t it?
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