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Heretics are wicked, but they're mighty int'resting. It's jest that they've got sorter lost looking for God, being under the impression that He's hard to find - which He ain't never.
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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We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
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You are the only person who loves me in the world, said Elizabeth. When you talk to me I smell violets.
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