What had seemed easy in imagination was rather hard in reality.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERYGilbert put his arm about them. ‘Oh, you mothers!’ he said. ‘You mothers! God knew what He was about when He made you.
More Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes
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It’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.
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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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I’m afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We’ve got to face the fact. (Walter)
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I’m really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.
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How fair the realm Imagination opens to the view.
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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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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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trees, 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.
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Anne, are you killed?’ shrieked Diana, throwing herself on her knees beside her friend. ‘Oh, Anne, dear Anne, speak just one word to me and tell me if you’re killed.
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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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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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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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I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me.
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Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
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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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