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Cakes have such a terrible habit of turning out bad just when you especially want them to be good.
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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That's a lovely idea, Diana,' said Anne enthusiastically. 'Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with…making it stand in people's thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself. Thank you, Diana.
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You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.
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She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend - as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.
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I love to smell flowers in the dark, she said. You get hold of their soul then.
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