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You may tire of reality but you never tire of dreams.
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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Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.
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…I think,' concluded Anne, hitting on a very vital truth, 'that we always love best the people who need us.
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But I'd rather look like you than be pretty, she told Anne sincerely. Anne laughed, sipped honey from the tribute, and cast away the sting.
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Walter's eyes were very wonderful. All the joy and sorrow and laughter and loyalty and aspirations of many generations lying under the sod looked out of their dark-gray depths.
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Why did dusk and fir-scent and the afterglow of autumnal sunsets make people say absurd things?
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You noticed that I wore this outfit twice? Why, the only thing you wear twice is a sour expression.
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…I'm so thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much.
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When people mean to be good to you, you don't mind very much when they're not quite—always.
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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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I suppose it was a romantic was to perish... for a mouse
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Children can be the most cruel creatures alive. They have the herd instinct of prejudice against any outsider, and they are merciless in its indulgence.
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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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She asked me what made me do such a thing. That is an awkward question because I often can't tell what makes me do things. Sometimes I do them just to find out what I feel like doing them. And sometimes I do them because I want to have some exciting things to tell my grandchildren.
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In everything you do aim to excel for what is worth doing is worth doing well
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They keep coming up new all the time - things to perplex you, you know. You settle one question and there's another right after. There are so many things to be thought over and decided when you're beginning to grow up. It keeps me busy all the time thinking them over and deciding what's right. It's a serious thing to grow up, isn't it, Marilla?
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Words aren't made — they grow,' said Anne.
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But just think what a dull world it would be if everyone was sensible,' pleaded Anne.
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Kindred spirits alone do not change with the changing years.
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There is another bend in the road after this. No one knows what will happen.
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The body grows slowly and steadily but the soul grows by leaps and bounds. It may come to its full stature in an hour.
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