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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

She had never before minded being alone. Now she dreaded it. When she was alone now she felt so dreadfully alone.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Dread Felt Mind Woman
Don’t look at me so sorrowfully and so disapprovingly, dearest. I can’t be sober and serious – everything looks so rosy and rainbowy to me.
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Look Serious Sober
Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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Encouraging Positive Uplifting
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
All life lessons are not learned at college,’she thought. Life teaches them everywhere.
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College Everywhere Lesson Life
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
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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Lamb Twilight Winter
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
I’m afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We’ve got to face the fact. (Walter)
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Come Face Fact World
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
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
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
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
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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Night Sleep World
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 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
It’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.
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Gables Graduation Green World
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
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
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
Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne.
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Anticipation Forward Half Look
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
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
Some nights are like honey – and some like wine – and some like wormwood.
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Honeym Night Wine Wormwood
most people worry so much, they think you’re not right if you don’t worry.
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People Thanks Uneasyness Worry
It’s the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can’t cope with it.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Cruelty Kind Worst

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

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