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Words aren't made — they grow,' said Anne.
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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Anne was always glad in the happiness of her friends but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by happiness that is not your own.
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Don't be ridiculous, please.' The most insulting words in the world!
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There be three gentle and goodlie things, To be here, To be together, And to think well of one another.
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I wonder if it will be—can be—any more beautiful than this,’ murmured Anne, looking around her with the loving, enraptured eyes of those to whom ‘home’ must always be the loveliest spot in the world, no matter what fairer lands may lie under alien stars.
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I've always held that early marriage is a sure indication of second-rate goods that had to be sold in a hurry. - Martin Harris
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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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