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I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he could be wicked and wouldn't.

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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