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Dear old world’, she murmured, ‘you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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.
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Ambition Anxiety Self
My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.
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Hope Life Perfect
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
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
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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Dread Felt Mind Woman
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
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
It’s the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can’t cope with it.
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Cruelty Kind Worst
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
Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne.
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Anticipation Forward Half Look
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
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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Anger Children Deceitful
Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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Encouraging Positive Uplifting
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
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

Dear old world’, she murmured, ‘you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.

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