Oh, we're very careful, Marilla. And it's so interesting. Two flashes means, "Are you there?" Three means "yes" and four "no." Five means, "Come over as soon as possible, because I have something important to reveal." Diana has just signalled five flashes, and I'm really suffering to know what it is.
L.M. MontgomeryTags: anne-shirley l-m-montgomery
That's one splendid thing about such affairs — it's so lovely to look back to them.
L.M. MontgomeryTags: l-m-montgomery
It's delightful when your imaginations come true, isn't it?
L.M. MontgomeryTags: imagination l-m-montgomery
Oh, here we are at the bridge. I'm going to shut my eyes tight. I’m always afraid going over bridges. I can't help imagining that perhaps, just as we get to the middle, they'll crumple up like a jackknife and nip us. So I shut my eyes. But I always have to open them for all when I think we're getting near the middle. Because, you see, if the bridge did crumple up I'd want to see it crumple. What a jolly rumble it makes! I always like the rumble part of it. Isn't it splendid there are so many things to like in this world? There, we're over. Now I'll look back. Good night, dear Lake of Shining Waters. I always say good night to the things I love, just as I would to people. I think they like it. That water looks as if it was smiling at me.
L.M. MontgomeryTags: l-m-montgomery
Here sat Marilla Cuthbert, when she sat at all, slightly distrustful of sunshine, which seemed to her too dancing and irresponsible a thing for a world which was meant to be taken seriously…
L.M. MontgomeryTags: sunshine l-m-montgomery
But I just went to work and imagined that I had on the most beautiful pale blue silk dress — because when you are imagining you might as well imagine something worth while…
L.M. MontgomeryTags: l-m-montgomery
Mrs. Spencer said that my tongue must be hung in the middle. But it isn't — it's firmly fastened at one end.
L.M. MontgomeryTags: l-m-montgomery
Listen to the trees talking in their sleep,' she whispered, as he lifted her to the ground. 'What nice dreams they must have!
L.M. MontgomeryTags: dreams trees l-m-montgomery
Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?
L.M. MontgomeryTags: poetry l-m-montgomery
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. MontgomeryTags: l-m-montgomery
« first previous
Page 27 of 63.
next last »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.