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- Don't believe in imagining things different from what they really are. When the Lord puts us in certain circumstances He doesn't mean for us to imagine them away.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- There's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it. You may know a thing is so, but you can't help hoping other people don't quite think it is.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- I love pretty things; and I hate to look in the glass and see something that isn't pretty. It makes me feel so sorrowful—just as I feel when I look at any ugly thing. I pity it because it isn't beautiful.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- I'd rather look ridiculous when everybody else does than plain and sensible all by myself.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- Looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them. You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- 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.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- One can dream so much better in a room where there are pretty things.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- Cakes have such a terrible habit of turning out bad just when you especially want them to be good.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a very comforting thought.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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