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I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I've never been able to believe it. I don't believe a rose WOULD be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.
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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My pen shall heal, not hurt.
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I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory.
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if I can't get what I want - well, I'll want what I can get.
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