And if you couldn't be loved, the next best thing was to be let alone. Lucy Maud Montgomery More Quotes by Lucy Maud Montgomery More Quotes From Lucy Maud Montgomery I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I've never been able to believe it. I don't believe a rose WOULD be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage. Lucy Maud Montgomery nicesweetbelieve Plum puffs can't minister to a mind diseased or a world that's crumbling to pieces Lucy Maud Montgomery plumscrumblingmind There was something in her movements that made you think she never walked but always danced. Lucy Maud Montgomery movementmadethinking The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr," remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. "It is the most contented sound in the world. Lucy Maud Montgomery envycatlistening 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. Lucy Maud Montgomery lonelysummerdream I've a pocket full of dreams to sell," said Teddy, whimsically,... "What d'ye lack? What d'ye lack? A dream of success--a dream of adventure--a dream of the sea--a dream of the woodland--any kind of a dream you want at reasonable prices, including one or two unique little nightmares. What will you give me for a dream? Lucy Maud Montgomery uniquedreamadventure If it's IN you to climb you must -- there are those who MUST lift their eyes to the hills -- they can't breathe properly in the valleys. Lucy Maud Montgomery valleyseyeambition A girl who would fall in love so easily or want a man to love her so easily would probably get over it just as quickly, very little the worse for wear. On the contrary, a girl who would take love seriously would probably be a good while finding herself in love and would require something beyond mere friendly attentions from a man before she would think of him in that light. Lucy Maud Montgomery falling-in-lovegirlmen It's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? Lucy Maud Montgomery talking-too-muchworldinteresting But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn't it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and sensible . . . and good? What would we find to talk about? Lucy Maud Montgomery colorwisebelieve Oh", she thought, "how horrible it is that people have to grow up-and marry-and change! Lucy Maud Montgomery growing-upchangepeople All life lessons are not learned at college,'she thought. Life teaches them everywhere. Lucy Maud Montgomery life-lessonlessonscollege Truth exists, only lies have to be invented. Lucy Maud Montgomery lying We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self denial, anxiety and discouragement. Lucy Maud Montgomery anxietyambitionself She had...the glimmerings of a sense of humour - which is simply another name for a sense of the fitness of things. Lucy Maud Montgomery humournames As she walked along she dramatized the night. There was about it a wild, lawless charm that appealed to a certain wild, lawless strain hidden deep in Emily’s nature—the strain of the gypsy and the poet, the genius and the fool. Lucy Maud Montgomery foolgeniusnight I couldn't live where there were no trees--something vital in me would starve. Lucy Maud Montgomery tree But [sorrows] won't get the better of you if you face 'em together with love and trust. You can weather any storm with them two for compass and pilot. Lucy Maud Montgomery sorrowweathertwo It's not what the world holds for you. It's what you bring to it. Lucy Maud Montgomery green-gablesgraduationworld Don't you ever imagine things differently than what they are? Oh, Marilla, how much you miss. Lucy Maud Montgomery imaginemissing
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