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Who would endure life if it were not for the hope of death?
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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Isn't it good just to be alive on a day like this? I pity the people who aren't born yet for missing it.
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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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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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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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You see, she concluded miserably, when I can call like that to him across space--I belong to him. He doesn't love me--he never will--but I belong to him.
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I wish every one in the world was as warm and sheltered as we are tonight.
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Since ever the world was spinning And till the world shall end You've your man in the beginning Or you have him in the end, But to have him from start to finish And neither nor borrow nor lend Is what all of the girls are wanting And none of the gods can send
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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've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by 'the joy of strife'. Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
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Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.
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God's in His heaven, alls right with the world', whispered Anne softly.
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What is it really like to be engaged? asked Anne curiously. Well, that all depends on who you're engaged to, answered Diana, with that maddening air of superior wisdom always assumed by those who are engaged over those who are not.
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If it's IN you to climb you must -- there are those who MUST lift their eyes to the hills -- they can't breathe properly in the valleys.
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Words aren't made — they grow,' said Anne.
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She seemed to walk in an atmosphere of things about to happen.
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I can't help flying up on the wings of anticipation. It's as glorious as soaring through a sunset... almost pays for the thud.
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I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory.
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