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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

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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
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
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
Life, deal gently with her … Love, never desert her
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Deal Desert Gently
It’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.
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Gables Graduation Green 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
She had a way of embroidering life with stars.
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Embroidery Star Way
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
Maples are such sociable trees … They’re always rustling and whispering to you.
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Sociable Tree Whispering
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
It’s the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can’t cope with it.
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Cruelty Kind Worst
Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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Encouraging Positive Uplifting
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
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
My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.
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Hope Life Perfect
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
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
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
I’m really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.
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Broken Heart Little Spite
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
One can’t get over the habit of being a little girl all at once.
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Girl Habit Little
Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne.
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Anticipation Forward Half Look
We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
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Forward Future Mistake Regret
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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Mind Own Trouble
How fair the realm Imagination opens to the view.
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Imagination Realms View
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
Youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.
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Forever Heart Vanish Youth

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