#montgomery

I'm afraid you'll find out all too soon that life's a melancholy business. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#life #business

Kindred spirits alone do not change with the changing years. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#l-m-montgomery #change

We... Charlotta the Fourth and I... live in defiance of every known law of diet." ~ Miss Lavendar, chap 27 ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#humor #l-m-montgomery #diet

She had never before minded being alone. Now she dreaded it. When she was alone now she felt so dreadfully alone. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#loneliness #dreams

It's rather hard to decide just when people are grown up,' laughed Anne. 'That's a true word, dearie. Some are grown up when they're born, and others ain't grown up when they're eighty, believe me. That same Mrs. Roderick I was speaking of never grew up. She was as foolish when she was hundred as when she was ten.' 'Perhaps that was why she lived so long,' suggested Anne. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#dreams

That's one splendid thing about such affairs — it's so lovely to look back to them. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#love

But just think what a dull world it would be if everyone was sensible,' pleaded Anne. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#dreams

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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