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Fancies are like shadows...you can't cage them, they're such wayward, dancing things.
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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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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I know I chatter on far too much... but if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit.
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