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There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Age: 67 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1942
Died: April 24
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But it ain't our feelings we have to steer by through life--no, no, we'd make shipwreck mighty often if we did that. There's only the one safe compass and we've got to set our course by that--what it's right to do.
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[she] had a great reputation for unselfishness because she was always giving up a lot of things she didn't want.
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