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Truth exists, only lies have to be invented.
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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Why did dusk and fir-scent and the afterglow of autumnal sunsets make people say absurd things?
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Nathan always believed his wife was trying to poison him but he didn't seem to mind. He said it made life kind of exciting.
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You'll never write anything that really satisfies you though it may satisfy other people.
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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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The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr, remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. It is the most contented sound in the world.
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Nothing ever seems impossible in spring, you know.
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People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,' said Anne.
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The only true animal is a cat, and the only true cat is a gray cat.
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Gossip lies nine times and tells a half truth the tenth.
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Fear is a confession of weakness. What you fear is stronger than you, or you think it is, else you wouldn't be afraid of it.
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The beauty of winter is that it makes you appreciate spring.
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The point of good writing is knowing when to stop.
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What is it really like to be engaged? asked Anne curiously. Well, that all depends on who you're engaged to, answered Diana, with that maddening air of superior wisdom always assumed by those who are engaged over those who are not.
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Anne was always glad in the happiness of her friends but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by happiness that is not your own.
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I love to smell flowers in the dark, she said. You get hold of their soul then.
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There is another bend in the road after this. No one knows what will happen.
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Facts are stubborn things, but, as some one has wisely said, not half so stubborn as fallacies.
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brains last, beauty doesn't.
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Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth
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We've had a beautiful friendship, Diana. We've never marred it by one quarrel or coolness or unkind word and I hope it will always be so. But things can't be quite the same after this. You'll have other interests. I'll just be on the outside.
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