Fear is the original sin. Almost all of the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something.It is a cold slimy serpent coiling about you. It is horrible to live with fear; and it is of all things degrading.
L.M. MontgomeryTags: fear
Rebellion flamed up in her soul as the dark hours passed by – not because she had no future but because she had no past.
L.M. MontgomeryI am simply a 'book drunkard.' Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.
L.M. MontgomeryTags: books
I've always held that early marriage is a sure indication of second-rate goods that had to be sold in a hurry." - Martin Harris
L.M. MontgomeryTags: early-marriage
When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding.
L.M. MontgomeryTags: wisdom
But I'd rather look like you than be pretty," she told Anne sincerely.
Anne laughed, sipped honey from the tribute, and cast away the sting.
Tags: pretty compliment sting
Mrs. Cadbury: Tell me what you know about yourself.
Anne Shirley: Well, it really isn't worth telling, Mrs. Cadbury... but if you let me tell you what I IMAGINE about myself you'd find it a lot more interesting.
I'd like to add some beauty to life," said Anne dreamily. "I don't exactly want to make people KNOW more... though I know that IS the noblest ambition... but I'd love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me... to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn't been born.
L.M. MontgomeryTags: inspirational
Anne laughed.
"I don't want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you.
Tags: love
It has always seemed to me. ever since early childhood, amid all the commonplaces of life, i was very near to a kingdom of ideal beauty. Between it and me hung only a thin veil. I could never draw it quite aside, but sometimes a wind fluttered it and I caught a glimpse of the enchanting realms beyond-only a glimpse-but those glimpses have always made life worthwhile.
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