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Anne laughed and sighed. She felt very old and mature and wise — which showed how young she was.
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Age: 67 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1942
Died: April 24
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When one great passion seizes possession of the soul all other feelings are crowded out.
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There is another bend in the road after this. No one knows what will happen.
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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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You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.
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Behind them in the garden the little stone house brooded among the shadows. It was lonely but not forsaken. It had not yet done with dreams and laughter and the joy of life there were to be future summers for the little stone house meanwhile, it could wait. And over the river in purple durance the echoes bided their time.
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She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend - as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.
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