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But [sorrows] won't get the better of you if you face 'em together with love and trust. You can weather any storm with them two for compass and pilot.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Age: 67 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1942
Died: April 24
Author
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Diarist
Novelist
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Short Story Writer
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New London
Prince Edward Island
Lucy Maud Montgomery Macdonald
Sorrow
Trust
Sorrows
Face
Pilot
Faces
Compass
Two
Pilots
Together
Ems
Better
Weather
Love
Storm

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