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I love them, they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.
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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That's a lovely idea, Diana,' said Anne enthusiastically. 'Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with…making it stand in people's thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself. Thank you, Diana.
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I can just imagine myself sitting down at the head of the table and pouring out the tea, said Anne, shutting her eyes ecstatically. And asking Diana if she takes sugar! I know she doesn't but of course I'll ask her just as if I didn't know.
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But I just went to work and imagined that I had on the most beautiful pale blue silk dress - because when you are imagining you might as well imagine something worth while.
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I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.
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I heard someone say once that the years from fifteen to nineteen are the best years in a girl's life.
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There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more.
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Heretics are wicked, but they're mighty int'resting. It's jest that they've got sorter lost looking for God, being under the impression that He's hard to find - which He ain't never.
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I do know my own mind,' protested Anne. 'The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again.
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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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Children can be the most cruel creatures alive. They have the herd instinct of prejudice against any outsider, and they are merciless in its indulgence.
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But just think what a dull world it would be if everyone was sensible,' pleaded Anne.
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No use in taking a cat's opinion of a dog.
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Words aren't made — they grow,' said Anne.
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I'm not a bit changed - not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real me - back here - is just the same.
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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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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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We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
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