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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

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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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Degrad Evil Fear World
It will come sometime. Some beautiful morning she will just wake up and find it is Tomorrow. Not Today but Tomorrow. And then things will happen … wonderful things.
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Beautiful Inspiration Morning
How fair the realm Imagination opens to the view.
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Imagination Realms View
She had a way of embroidering life with stars.
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Embroidery Star Way
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
I shall give life here my best, and I believe it will give its best to me in return.
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Believe Giving Return
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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Get Harder Satisfaction
One can’t get over the habit of being a little girl all at once.
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Girl Habit Little
Dear old world’, she murmured, ‘you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.
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Alive Glad Lovely World
What had seemed easy in imagination was rather hard in reality.
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Easy Imagination Reality
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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Believe Color Drab Rather Wise
Life, deal gently with her … Love, never desert her
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Deal Desert Gently
Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne.
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Anticipation Forward Half Look
I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me.
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Back Book Come Hate
It’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.
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Gables Graduation Green World
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
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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Diana Knee Speak
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
Fancies are like shadows…you can’t cage them, they’re such wayward, dancing things.
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Dance Fancy Shadow
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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Comfort End Limit Mistake People
Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
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Sociable Tree Whispering
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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Know Mean Wicked
Some nights are like honey – and some like wine – and some like wormwood.
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Honeym Night Wine Wormwood
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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May Stars Twilight
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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Little Lonely Sometimes
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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Acquaintance Matter Tree Year
Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.
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Air Inspirational Mistake

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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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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