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L.M. Montgomery quotes: Splendid to think of all the things there are to find out Splendid to think of all the things there are to find out
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them. I am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back? Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Marilla, what if I fail!''You'll hardly fail completely in one day and there's plenty more days coming,' said Marilla. Marilla, what if I fail!'
'You'll hardly fail completely in one day and there's plenty more days coming,' said Marilla.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Marilla lighted a candle and Marilla lighted a candle and
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Well, one can't get over the habit of being a liitle girl all at once. Well, one can't get over the habit of being a liitle girl all at once.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: She will love deeplysuffer terriblyshe will have glorious moments to compensate. She will love deeply
suffer terribly
she will have glorious moments to compensate.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Nobody can keep on being angry if she looks into the heart of a pansy for a little while. Nobody can keep on being angry if she looks into the heart of a pansy for a little while.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Oh hearts that loved in the good old way have been out of fashion this many a day Oh hearts that loved in the good old way have been out of fashion this many a day
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I don't really care what people think about me if they don't let me see it. I don't really care what people think about me if they don't let me see it.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: They had a sort of talent for happiness. They had a sort of talent for happiness.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: War was a hellish, horrible hideous thing - too horrible and hideous to happen in the twentieth century between civilised nations. War was a hellish, horrible hideous thing - too horrible and hideous to happen in the twentieth century between civilised nations.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: The dark is your friend, isn't it? When you turn on the light, it makes the dark your enemy ... and it glowers in at you resentfully. The dark is your friend, isn't it? When you turn on the light, it makes the dark your enemy ... and it glowers in at you resentfully.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Oh, Gilbert, don't let's ever grow too old and wise... no, not too old and silly for fairyland. Oh, Gilbert, don't let's ever grow too old and wise... no, not too old and silly for fairyland.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Grief is ever proud. Grief is ever proud.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Life is worth living as long as there's a laugh in it. Life is worth living as long as there's a laugh in it.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Nobody with any real sense of humor *can* write a love story ... Shakespeare is the exception that proves the rule. (90-91) Nobody with any real sense of humor *can* write a love story ... Shakespeare is the exception that proves the rule. (90-91)
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne. Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: The only true animal is a cat, and the only true cat is a gray cat. The only true animal is a cat, and the only true cat is a gray cat.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I shall govern by affection, Mr. Harrison. I shall govern by affection, Mr. Harrison.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it. Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: If you can't be cheerful, be as cheerful as you can. If you can't be cheerful, be as cheerful as you can.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: That's all the freedom we can hope for - the freedom to choose our prison. That's all the freedom we can hope for - the freedom to choose our prison.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: It has taught me a lesson not to give my word of honor about cows. It has taught me a lesson not to give my word of honor about cows.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Isn't it a pity we can't have two husbands? One to look at and one to talk to. Isn't it a pity we can't have two husbands? One to look at and one to talk to.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Let me remind you that the measure of anyone's freedom is what he can do without. Let me remind you that the measure of anyone's freedom is what he can do without.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: She had ... the glimmerings of a sense of humour - which is simply another name for a sense of the fitness of things. She had ... the glimmerings of a sense of humour - which is simply another name for a sense of the fitness of things.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: It is always safe to dream of spring. For it is sure to come; and if it be not just as we have pictured it, it will be infinitely sweeter. It is always safe to dream of spring. For it is sure to come; and if it be not just as we have pictured it, it will be infinitely sweeter.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: It was a clear, apple-green It was a clear, apple-green
L.M. Montgomery quotes: everything is foreordained and it was bound to happen anyway. But even so, it's nice to think one was an instrument used by predestination. everything is foreordained and it was bound to happen anyway. But even so, it's nice to think one was an instrument used by predestination.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Oh, Marilla, I thought I was happy before. Now I know that I just dreamed a pleasant dream of happiness. This is the reality. Oh, Marilla, I thought I was happy before. Now I know that I just dreamed a pleasant dream of happiness. This is the reality.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Anyone who has sympathy and understanding to give has a treasure that is without money and without price. Anyone who has sympathy and understanding to give has a treasure that is without money and without price.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I am afraid to speak or move for the fear all this wonderful beauty will vanish just like a broken silence I am afraid to speak or move for the fear all this wonderful beauty will vanish just like a broken silence
L.M. Montgomery quotes: It's so easy to be happy on a day like this. It's so easy to be happy on a day like this.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: You'll just pamper Anne's vanity, Matthew, and she's as vain as a peacock now. You'll just pamper Anne's vanity, Matthew, and she's as vain as a peacock now.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: When I don't like the name of a place or a person I always imagine a new one and always think of them so. " Anne of Green Gables When I don't like the name of a place or a person I always imagine a new one and always think of them so. " Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery quotes: That's one splendid thing about such affairs - it's so lovely to look back to them. That's one splendid thing about such affairs - it's so lovely to look back to them.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: ... it's so dreadful to have nothing to love - life is so empty - and there's nothing worse than emptiness ... ... it's so dreadful to have nothing to love - life is so empty - and there's nothing worse than emptiness ...
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Some are born old maids, some achieve old maidenhood, and some have old maidenhood thrust upon them , parodied Miss Lavendar whimsically. Some are born old maids, some achieve old maidenhood, and some have old maidenhood thrust upon them , parodied Miss Lavendar whimsically.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I'm sure I shall always feel like a child in the wood. I'm sure I shall always feel like a child in the wood.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Imagination is what you need. Imagination is what you need.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: All life lessons are not learned at college,' she thought. 'Life teaches them everywhere. All life lessons are not learned at college,' she thought. 'Life teaches them everywhere.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: What was Latin and the chance of tattooing compared to this? What was Latin and the chance of tattooing compared to this?
L.M. Montgomery quotes: The beauty of winter is that it makes you appreciate spring. The beauty of winter is that it makes you appreciate spring.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts. - LONGFELLOW The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts. - LONGFELLOW
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I wish we could see perfumes as well as smell them. I'm sure they would be very beautiful. I wish we could see perfumes as well as smell them. I'm sure they would be very beautiful.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: For 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. For 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.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Anyhow, we've decided on the experiment and goodness only knows what will come of it. Anyhow, we've decided on the experiment and goodness only knows what will come of it.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: How sympathetic you look, Anne ... as sympathetic as only seventeen can look. How sympathetic you look, Anne ... as sympathetic as only seventeen can look.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: She never said anything that would hurt anyone's feelings - which may be a negative talent but is likewise a rare and enviable one. She never said anything that would hurt anyone's feelings - which may be a negative talent but is likewise a rare and enviable one.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Dress - because when you are imagining you might as well imagine something worth while - and Dress - because when you are imagining you might as well imagine something worth while - and
L.M. Montgomery quotes: What's the matter with you, Penny? You're not as good looking as you generally believe you are. What's the matter with you, Penny? You're not as good looking as you generally believe you are.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: It's the fools that make all the trouble in the world, not the wicked. It's the fools that make all the trouble in the world, not the wicked.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: It's wonderful to have ambition. It's wonderful to have ambition.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I love to smell flowers in the dark," she said. "You get hold of their soul then. I love to smell flowers in the dark," she said. "You get hold of their soul then.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Experience teaches sense. You can't learn it in a college course. Experience teaches sense. You can't learn it in a college course.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: He was a cat of double personality - or else, as Susan vowed, he was possessed by the devil. He was a cat of double personality - or else, as Susan vowed, he was possessed by the devil.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Freedom and independence were all very well, but one should not be a little fool. Freedom and independence were all very well, but one should not be a little fool.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: You'll stay right here with me, Anne-girl," said Gilbert lazily. "I won't have you flying away from me into the hearts of storms. You'll stay right here with me, Anne-girl," said Gilbert lazily. "I won't have you flying away from me into the hearts of storms.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,' said Anne. People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,' said Anne.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: We mustn't let next week rob us of this week's joy. We mustn't let next week rob us of this week's joy.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Now you see why I can't be perfectly happy. No one could, who has red hair. Now you see why I can't be perfectly happy. No one could, who has red hair.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: And then - thwack! - Anne had brought her slate down on Gilbert's head and cracked it - slate not head - clear across. And then - thwack! - Anne had brought her slate down on Gilbert's head and cracked it - slate not head - clear across.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: It's the homiest spot I ever saw-it's homier than home avowed Philippa Gorden, looking about her with delighted eyes. It's the homiest spot I ever saw-it's homier than home avowed Philippa Gorden, looking about her with delighted eyes.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I like to hear a storm at night. It is so cosy to snuggle down among the blankets and feel that it can't get at you. I like to hear a storm at night. It is so cosy to snuggle down among the blankets and feel that it can't get at you.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I heard someone once say that the years from fifteen to nineteen are the best years in a girl's life. I heard someone once say that the years from fifteen to nineteen are the best years in a girl's life.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Because when you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worth while. Because when you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worth while.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Don't you know that it is only very foolish folk who talk sense all the time? Don't you know that it is only very foolish folk who talk sense all the time?
L.M. Montgomery quotes: It's not vanity to know your own good points. It would just be stupidity if you didn't; It's only vanity when you get puffed up about them. It's not vanity to know your own good points. It would just be stupidity if you didn't; It's only vanity when you get puffed up about them.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Heaven grant me patience! Clothes are very important, said Anne severely Heaven grant me patience! Clothes are very important, said Anne severely
L.M. Montgomery quotes: You're a brick! You're a whole cartload of bricks. You're a brick! You're a whole cartload of bricks.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I feel sorry now myself," admitted Davy, "but the trouble is I never feel sorry for doing things till after I've did them. I feel sorry now myself," admitted Davy, "but the trouble is I never feel sorry for doing things till after I've did them.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: One could have eaten a meal off the ground without overbrimming the proverbial peck of dirt. Mrs. One could have eaten a meal off the ground without overbrimming the proverbial peck of dirt. Mrs.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: There was something in her movements that made you think she never walked but always danced. There was something in her movements that made you think she never walked but always danced.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Time is kinder than we think,' thought Anne. 'It's a dreadful mistake to cherish bitterness for years ... hugging it to our hearts like a treasure. Time is kinder than we think,' thought Anne. 'It's a dreadful mistake to cherish bitterness for years ... hugging it to our hearts like a treasure.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I'm like Kipling's cat - I walk by my wild lone and wave my wild tail where so it pleases me. I'm like Kipling's cat - I walk by my wild lone and wave my wild tail where so it pleases me.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: People say men are interesting. They may be. But I shall never get well enough acquainted with any of them to find out. People say men are interesting. They may be. But I shall never get well enough acquainted with any of them to find out.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Of course it's better to be good. I know it is but it's sometimes so hard to believe a thing even when you know it Of course it's better to be good. I know it is but it's sometimes so hard to believe a thing even when you know it
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Clouds of the golden west between its softly dark shores. The sea moaned eerily on the sand-bar, sorrowful even in spring, but a Clouds of the golden west between its softly dark shores. The sea moaned eerily on the sand-bar, sorrowful even in spring, but a
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Marilla is eighty-five," said Anne with a sigh. "Her hair is snow-white. But, strange to say, her eyesight is better than it was when she was sixty. Marilla is eighty-five," said Anne with a sigh. "Her hair is snow-white. But, strange to say, her eyesight is better than it was when she was sixty.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: To be obliged to sit still when mental agony urges us to stride up and down is the refinement of torture. Every To be obliged to sit still when mental agony urges us to stride up and down is the refinement of torture. Every
L.M. Montgomery quotes: It is not," Valency could hear her mother's prim, dictatorial voice asserting, "it is not MAIDENLY to think about MEN. It is not," Valency could hear her mother's prim, dictatorial voice asserting, "it is not MAIDENLY to think about MEN.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: We ought always to try to influence others for good. We ought always to try to influence others for good.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: How horrible it is that people have to grow up! How horrible it is that people have to grow up!
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I know I chatter on far too much ... but if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit. I know I chatter on far too much ... but if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: I doubted God last Sunday " said Rilla "but I don't doubt Him today. Evil cannot win. Spirit is on our side and it is bound to outlast flesh. I doubted God last Sunday " said Rilla "but I don't doubt Him today. Evil cannot win. Spirit is on our side and it is bound to outlast flesh.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Who would endure life if it were not for the hope of death? Who would endure life if it were not for the hope of death?
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Remember, there's more than one way to skin a cat. It can be done so that the animal will never know he's lost his hide. Remember, there's more than one way to skin a cat. It can be done so that the animal will never know he's lost his hide.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Do you know what I think Mayflowers are, Marilla? I think they must be the souls of the flowers that died last summer, and this is their heaven. Do you know what I think Mayflowers are, Marilla? I think they must be the souls of the flowers that died last summer, and this is their heaven.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Nothing worth while is every easy come by. Nothing worth while is every easy come by.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: The only thing you can be sure of in this world is the multiplication table. The only thing you can be sure of in this world is the multiplication table.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Reformation with men and dogs never goes very deep. Reformation with men and dogs never goes very deep.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Old Mr. Towers believed exactly what he preached and somehow it made a tremendous difference. Old Mr. Towers believed exactly what he preached and somehow it made a tremendous difference.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong. Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Listen to the trees talking in their sleep,' she whispered, as he lifted her to the ground. 'What nice dreams they must have! Listen to the trees talking in their sleep,' she whispered, as he lifted her to the ground. 'What nice dreams they must have!
L.M. Montgomery quotes: Oh, Anne, things are so mixed-up in real life. They aren't clear-cut and trimmed off, as they are in novels. Oh, Anne, things are so mixed-up in real life. They aren't clear-cut and trimmed off, as they are in novels.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: If you buy your experience it's your own. So it's no matter how much you pay for it. If you buy your experience it's your own. So it's no matter how much you pay for it.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: She makes me love her and I like people who make me love them. It saves me so much trouble making myself love them She makes me love her and I like people who make me love them. It saves me so much trouble making myself love them
L.M. Montgomery quotes: The happiest countries, like the happiest women, have no history. The happiest countries, like the happiest women, have no history.
L.M. Montgomery quotes: What a spineless thing I must be not to have one enemy! What a spineless thing I must be not to have one enemy!

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