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But you have such dimples," said Anne, smiling affectionately into the pretty, vivacious face so near her own. "Lovely dimples, like little dents in cream. I have given up all hope of dimples. My dimple-dream will never come true; but so many of my dreams have that I mustn't complain. Am I all ready now? ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

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Oh, but there's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it,' wailed Anne. 'You may know a thing is so, but you can't help hoping other people don't quite think it is. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

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I'm so glad you're here, Anne,' said Miss Lavendar, nibbling at her candy. 'If you weren't I should be blue…very blue…almost navy blue. Dreams and make-believes are all very well in the daytime and the sunshine, but when dark and storm come they fail to satisfy. One wants real things then. But you don't know this…seventeen never knows it. At seventeen dreams do satisfy because you think the realities are waiting for you further on. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

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I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

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But the trouble is there aren't any bends in my road. I can see it stretching straight out before me to the sky-line…endless monotony. Oh, does life ever frighten you, Anne, with its blankness…its swarms of cold, uninteresting people? ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

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…I think,' concluded Anne, hitting on a very vital truth, 'that we always love best the people who need us. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

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I can't understand how she could have wanted to live back here, away from everything," said Jane. "Oh, I can easily understand that," said Anne thoughtfully. "I wouldn't want it myself for a steady thing because, although I love the fields and woods, I love people too... ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

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If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing. ↗

— Mary Frances Berry

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