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There be three gentle and goodlie things, To be here, To be together, And to think well of one another.
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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Yes, it's beautiful,' said Gilbert, looking steadily down into Anne's uplifted face, 'but wouldn't it have been more beautiful still, Anne, if there had been no separation or misunderstanding . . . if they had come hand in hand all the way through life, with no memories behind them but those which belonged to each other?
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“You 're not eating anything,” said Marilla sharply, eying her as if it were a serious shortcoming. Anne sighed. “I can 't. I'm in the depths of despair. Can you eat when you are in the depths of despair?”
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That's the worst…or the best…of real life, Anne. It won't let you be miserable. It keeps on trying to make you comfortable…and succeeding…even when you're determined to be unhappy and romantic.
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The trouble with you people is that you don't laugh enough.
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We ought always to try to influence others for good.
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You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair. — Anne Shirley
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Nothing ever seems impossible in spring, you know.
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But I just went to work and imagined that I had on the most beautiful pale blue silk dress - because when you are imagining you might as well imagine something worth while.
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never write a line you'd be ashamed to read at your own funeral.
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Satirize wickedness if you must--but pity weakness.
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...a little appreciation sometimes does quite as much good as all the conscientious bringing up in the world.
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[O]ne can dream so much better in a room where there are pretty things.
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