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I know I haven't much sense or sobriety, but I've got what is ever so much better — the knack of making people like me.
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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You can't have many exclamation points left,' thought Anne, 'but no doubt the supply of italics is inexhaustible.
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