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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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It's so hard to get up again—although of course the harder it is the more satisfaction you have when you do get up, haven't you?
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But she had long ago learned that when she wandered into the realm of fancy she must go alone. The way to it was by an enchanted path where not even her dearest might follow her.
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You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair. — Anne Shirley
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let's not borrow trouble. The rate of interest is too high.
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To dispair is to turn your back on God.
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Do you know, Gilbert, there are times when I strongly suspect that I love you!
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Make a little room in your plans for romance again, Anne, girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world can’t make up for the lack of it. ~Aunt Josephine to Anne in Anne Of Green Gables
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There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't be half so interesting.
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But I'd rather look like you than be pretty, she told Anne sincerely. Anne laughed, sipped honey from the tribute, and cast away the sting.
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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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In everything you do aim to excel for what is worth doing is worth doing well
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...a little appreciation sometimes does quite as much good as all the conscientious bringing up in the world.
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You were never poor as long as you had something to love.
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I've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by 'the joy of strife'. Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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Nothing ever seems impossible in spring, you know.
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You'll never write anything that really satisfies you though it may satisfy other people.
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Gossip lies nine times and tells a half truth the tenth.
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Steal not this book for fear of shame For on it is the owners name And when you die the Lord will say Where is the book you stole away And when you say you do not know The Lord will say go down below.
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Walter's eyes were very wonderful. All the joy and sorrow and laughter and loyalty and aspirations of many generations lying under the sod looked out of their dark-gray depths.
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Nothing worth while is every easy come by.
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