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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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she was richer in those dreams than in realities for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
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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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Fear is the original sin. Almost all of the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something.It is a cold slimy serpent coiling about you. It is horrible to live with fear and it is of all things degrading.
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Some nights are like honey - and some like wine - and some like wormwood.
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But [sorrows] won't get the better of you if you face 'em together with love and trust. You can weather any storm with them two for compass and pilot.
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To love is easy and therefore common - but to understand - how rare it is!
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I am simply a book drunkard.
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