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Some nights are like honey - and some like wine - and some like wormwood.
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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She looks just as music sounds, I think,' answered Anne.
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[she] had a great reputation for unselfishness because she was always giving up a lot of things she didn't want.
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It seems to me a most dreadful thing to go out of the world and not leave one person behind you who is sorry you are gone,' said Anne, shuddering.
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