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L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Life may be a vale of tears, all right, but there are some folks who enjoy weeping, I reckon.”

451. “Life may be a vale of tears, all right, but there are some folks who enjoy weeping, I reckon.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “How horrible it is that people have to grow up!”

452. “How horrible it is that people have to grow up!”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “How terrible it would be to be doing something you didn’t like every day.”

453. “How terrible it would be to be doing something you didn’t like every day.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “War was a hellish, horrible hideous thing – too horrible and hideous to happen in the twentieth century between civilised nations.”

454. “War was a hellish, horrible hideous thing – too horrible and hideous to happen in the twentieth century between civilised nations.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “It’s as easy to give away a million as a hundred if you have not got either...”

455. “It’s as easy to give away a million as a hundred if you have not got either...”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “It was not, of course, a proper thing to do. But then I have never pretended, nor will ever pretend, that Emily was a proper child. Books are not written about proper children. They would be so dull nobody would read them.”

456. “It was not, of course, a proper thing to do. But then I have never pretended, nor will ever pretend, that Emily was a proper child. Books are not written about proper children. They would be so dull nobody would read them.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “The faint laughter of winds was always about them and the colors of Mistawis, imperial and spiritual, under the changing clouds, were something that cannot be expressed in mere words. Shadows, too. Clustering in the pines until a wind shook them out and pursued them over Mistawis. They lay all day along the shores, threaded by ferns and wild blossoms. They stole around the headlands in the glow of the sunset, until twilight wove them all into one great web of dusk.”

457. “The faint laughter of winds was always about them and the colors of Mistawis, imperial and spiritual, under the changing clouds, were something that cannot be expressed in mere words. Shadows, too. Clustering in the pines until a wind shook them out and pursued them over Mistawis. They lay all day along the shores, threaded by ferns and wild blossoms. They stole around the headlands in the glow of the sunset, until twilight wove them all into one great web of dusk.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Jane says she will devote her whole life to teaching, and never, never marry, because you are paid a salary for teaching, but a husband won’t pay you anything, and growls if you ask for a share in the egg and butter money.”

458. “Jane says she will devote her whole life to teaching, and never, never marry, because you are paid a salary for teaching, but a husband won’t pay you anything, and growls if you ask for a share in the egg and butter money.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Oh, WHY can’t boys be just sensible!”

459. “Oh, WHY can’t boys be just sensible!”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Gilbert, having tried to please both sides, succeeded, as is usual and eminently right, in pleasing neither.”

460. “Gilbert, having tried to please both sides, succeeded, as is usual and eminently right, in pleasing neither.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “But Gilbert’s visits were not what they once were. Anne almost dreaded them. It was very disconcerting to look up in the midst of a sudden silence and find Gilbert’s hazel eyes fixed upon her with a quite unmistakable expression in their grave depths; and it was still more disconcerting to find herself blushing hotly and uncomfortably under his gaze, just as if – just as if – well, it was very embarrassing.”

461. “But Gilbert’s visits were not what they once were. Anne almost dreaded them. It was very disconcerting to look up in the midst of a sudden silence and find Gilbert’s hazel eyes fixed upon her with a quite unmistakable expression in their grave depths; and it was still more disconcerting to find herself blushing hotly and uncomfortably under his gaze, just as if – just as if – well, it was very embarrassing.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “You’ll never write anything that really satisfies you though it may satisfy other people.”

462. “You’ll never write anything that really satisfies you though it may satisfy other people.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “It is never quite safe to think we have done with life.”

463. “It is never quite safe to think we have done with life.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Cousin Jimmy thinks I did perfectly right. Cousin Jimmy would think I had done perfectly right if I had murdered Andrew and buried him in the Land of Uprightness. It’s very nice to have one friend like that, though too many wouldn’t be good for you.”

464. “Cousin Jimmy thinks I did perfectly right. Cousin Jimmy would think I had done perfectly right if I had murdered Andrew and buried him in the Land of Uprightness. It’s very nice to have one friend like that, though too many wouldn’t be good for you.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “The trouble with you people is that you don’t laugh enough.”

465. “The trouble with you people is that you don’t laugh enough.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “How beautiful it was, lying embowered in the twilight of the old trees; the tips of the loftiest spruces came out in purple silhouettes against the north-weatersn sky of rose and amber; down behind it the Blair Water dreamed in silver; the Wind Woman had folded her misty bat-wings in a valley of sunset and stillness that lay over the world like a blessing. Emily felt sure that everything would be all right.”

466. “How beautiful it was, lying embowered in the twilight of the old trees; the tips of the loftiest spruces came out in purple silhouettes against the north-weatersn sky of rose and amber; down behind it the Blair Water dreamed in silver; the Wind Woman had folded her misty bat-wings in a valley of sunset and stillness that lay over the world like a blessing. Emily felt sure that everything would be all right.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “You’ve all been so sure that life is good that I’ve never been able to disbelieve it. Never will be able to.”

467. “You’ve all been so sure that life is good that I’ve never been able to disbelieve it. Never will be able to.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “It’s the fools that make all the trouble in the world, not the wicked.”

468. “It’s the fools that make all the trouble in the world, not the wicked.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Rilla’s heart skipped a beat – or, if that be a pysiological impossibility, she thought it did.”

469. “Rilla’s heart skipped a beat – or, if that be a pysiological impossibility, she thought it did.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “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.”

470. “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.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “As they dashed into the kitchen the light seemed to vanish, as if blown out by some mighty breath; the awful cloud rolled over the sun and a darkness as of late twilight fell across the world.”

471. “As they dashed into the kitchen the light seemed to vanish, as if blown out by some mighty breath; the awful cloud rolled over the sun and a darkness as of late twilight fell across the world.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “It’s snowing some today and Marilla says the old woman in the sky is shaking her feather beds. Is the old woman in the sky God’s wife, Anne? I want to know. “Mrs.”

472. “It’s snowing some today and Marilla says the old woman in the sky is shaking her feather beds. Is the old woman in the sky God’s wife, Anne? I want to know. “Mrs.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,′ said Anne.”

473. “People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,′ said Anne.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “I believe I’ve put forth a tiny soul-root into Kingsport soil this afternoon. I hope so. I hate to feel transplanted.”

474. “I believe I’ve put forth a tiny soul-root into Kingsport soil this afternoon. I hope so. I hate to feel transplanted.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “But she had, as I have told you, the glimmerings of a sense of humor – which is simply another name for a sense of fitness of things;.”

475. “But she had, as I have told you, the glimmerings of a sense of humor – which is simply another name for a sense of fitness of things;.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “One forgets all through the year how lovely spring really is and so it comes as a surprise every time.”

476. “One forgets all through the year how lovely spring really is and so it comes as a surprise every time.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “I heard someone once say that the years from fifteen to nineteen are the best years in a girl’s life.”

477. “I heard someone once say that the years from fifteen to nineteen are the best years in a girl’s life.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Even eighty-odd is sometimes vulnerable to vanity.”

478. “Even eighty-odd is sometimes vulnerable to vanity.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Walter’s eyes were very wonderful. All the joy and sorrow and laughter and loyalty and aspirations of many generations lying under the sod looked out of their dark-gray depths.”

479. “Walter’s eyes were very wonderful. All the joy and sorrow and laughter and loyalty and aspirations of many generations lying under the sod looked out of their dark-gray depths.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Captain Jim thought women were delightful creatures, who ought to have the vote, and everything else they wanted, bless their hearts; but he did not believe they could write.”

480. “Captain Jim thought women were delightful creatures, who ought to have the vote, and everything else they wanted, bless their hearts; but he did not believe they could write.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “If I had my way I’d shut everything out of your life but happiness and pleasure, Anne,” said Gilbert.”

481. “If I had my way I’d shut everything out of your life but happiness and pleasure, Anne,” said Gilbert.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Emotion shook Rilla from head to foot. Joy – happiness – sorrow – fear – every passion that had wrung her heart in those four long years seemed to surge up in her soul for a moment as the deeps of being were stirred. She had tried to speak; at first voice would not come. Then – “Yeth,” said Rilla.”

482. “Emotion shook Rilla from head to foot. Joy – happiness – sorrow – fear – every passion that had wrung her heart in those four long years seemed to surge up in her soul for a moment as the deeps of being were stirred. She had tried to speak; at first voice would not come. Then – “Yeth,” said Rilla.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “It was so easy to defy once you got started. The first step was the only one that really counted.”

483. “It was so easy to defy once you got started. The first step was the only one that really counted.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Satirize wickedness if you must – but pity weakness.”

484. “Satirize wickedness if you must – but pity weakness.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “I like teaching, too,” said Gilbert. “It’s good training, for one thing. Why, Anne, I’ve learned more in the weeks I’ve been teaching the young ideas of White Sands than I learned in all the years I went to school myself.”

485. “I like teaching, too,” said Gilbert. “It’s good training, for one thing. Why, Anne, I’ve learned more in the weeks I’ve been teaching the young ideas of White Sands than I learned in all the years I went to school myself.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Ah, children are not what they were in my young days. They listened to their parents then.”

486. “Ah, children are not what they were in my young days. They listened to their parents then.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “I’ve always thought nobody understood me quite as well as I understood myself.”

487. “I’ve always thought nobody understood me quite as well as I understood myself.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “I don’t know which is worse – to have somebody you DON’T like ask you to marry him or NOT have some one you DO like. Both are rather unpleasant.”

488. “I don’t know which is worse – to have somebody you DON’T like ask you to marry him or NOT have some one you DO like. Both are rather unpleasant.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “She wondered if old dreams could haunt rooms – if, when one left forever the room where she had joyed and suffered and laughed and wept, something of her, intangible and invisible, yet nonetheless real, did not remain behind like a voiceful memory.”

489. “She wondered if old dreams could haunt rooms – if, when one left forever the room where she had joyed and suffered and laughed and wept, something of her, intangible and invisible, yet nonetheless real, did not remain behind like a voiceful memory.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Some sounds are so exquisite – far more exquisite than anything seen. Daff’s purr there on my rug, for instance – and the snap and crackle of the fire – and the squeaks and scrambles of mice that are having a jamboree behind the wainscot.”

490. “Some sounds are so exquisite – far more exquisite than anything seen. Daff’s purr there on my rug, for instance – and the snap and crackle of the fire – and the squeaks and scrambles of mice that are having a jamboree behind the wainscot.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Not lovelier. But a different kind of loveliness. There are so many kinds of loveliness.”

491. “Not lovelier. But a different kind of loveliness. There are so many kinds of loveliness.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Why is it that the nicest things never are healthy?”

492. “Why is it that the nicest things never are healthy?”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “I wonder why people so commonly suppose that if two individuals are both writers they must therefore be hugely congenial.”

493. “I wonder why people so commonly suppose that if two individuals are both writers they must therefore be hugely congenial.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “A suffering or tortured animal always filled her with such a surge of sympathy that it lifted her clean out of herself.”

494. “A suffering or tortured animal always filled her with such a surge of sympathy that it lifted her clean out of herself.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “No matter what dreadful things happened at least there were still cats in the world.”

495. “No matter what dreadful things happened at least there were still cats in the world.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “She had always envied the wind. So free. Blowing where it listed. Through the hills. Over the lakes. What a tang, what a zip it had! What a magic of adventure!”

496. “She had always envied the wind. So free. Blowing where it listed. Through the hills. Over the lakes. What a tang, what a zip it had! What a magic of adventure!”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “If you believe in a thing it doesn’t matter whether it exists or not.”

497. “If you believe in a thing it doesn’t matter whether it exists or not.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Books are not written about proper children. They would be so dull nobody would read them.”

498. “Books are not written about proper children. They would be so dull nobody would read them.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “Felicity, if I die from the effects of eating sawdust pudding, flavoured with needles, you’ll be sorry you ever said such a thing to your poor old uncle,” said Uncle Roger reproachfully.”

499. “Felicity, if I die from the effects of eating sawdust pudding, flavoured with needles, you’ll be sorry you ever said such a thing to your poor old uncle,” said Uncle Roger reproachfully.”

— L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery Quote: “You couldn’t really expect a person to pray very well the first time she tried, could you?”

500. “You couldn’t really expect a person to pray very well the first time she tried, could you?”

— L.M. Montgomery

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