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I suppose all this sounds very crazy — all these terrible emotions always do sound foolish when we put them into our inadequate words. They are not meant to be spoken — only felt and endured.

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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Short Story Writer
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New London
Prince Edward Island
Lucy Maud Montgomery Macdonald
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Suppose
Felt
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Always
Emotions
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Terrible
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Inadequate
Crazy
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Sound
Foolish

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