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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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Behind them in the garden the little stone house brooded among the shadows. It was lonely but not forsaken. It had not yet done with dreams and laughter and the joy of life there were to be future summers for the little stone house meanwhile, it could wait. And over the river in purple durance the echoes bided their time.
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We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
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The beauty of winter is that it makes you appreciate spring.
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I know I haven't much sense or sobriety, but I've got what is ever so much better — the knack of making people like me.
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I'm just tired of everything…even of the echoes. There is nothing in my life but echoes…echoes of lost hopes and dreams and joys. They're beautiful and mocking.
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Who would endure life if it were not for the hope of death?
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Jane's stories are extremely sensible. Then Diana puts too many murders into hers. She says most of the time she doesn't know what to do with the people so she kills them off to get rid of them.
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I'm not a bit changed - not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real me - back here - is just the same.
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God's in His heaven, alls right with the world', whispered Anne softly.
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Don't be ridiculous, please.' The most insulting words in the world!
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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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After all, what could you expect from a pig but a grunt?
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One can't get over the habit of being a little girl all at once.
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I've always loved the night and I'll like lying awake and thinking over everything in life, past, present and to come. Especially to come.
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