Matthew, much to his own surprise, was enjoying himself. Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to do the talking themselves and did not expect him to keep up his end of it.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERYI hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me.
More Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes
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Thank goodness, we can choose our friends. We have to take our relatives as they are, and be thankful.
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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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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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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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I have really done so few bad things that they have to keep harping on the old ones [.]
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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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Some nights are like honey – and some like wine – and some like wormwood.
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That is one good thing about this world – there are always sure to be more springs.
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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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Fancies are like shadows…you can’t cage them, they’re such wayward, dancing things.
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I’m really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.
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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
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It’s not what the world holds for you. It’s what you bring to it.
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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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She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend – as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.
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