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Facts are stubborn things, but, as some one has wisely said, not half so stubborn as fallacies.
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 always remembered the silvery, peaceful beauty and fragrant calm of that night. It was the last night before sorrow touched her life and no life is ever quite the same again when once that cold, sanctifying touch has been laid upon it.
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Nobody can keep on being angry if she looks into the heart of a pansy for a little while.
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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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But really, Marilla, one can't stay sad very long in such an interesting world, can one?
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It's great to be great, but it's great to be human.
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