But was anything in life, Anne asked herself wearily, like one's imagination of it? It was the old diamond disillusion of childhood repeated - the same disappointment she had felt when she had first seen the chill sparkle instead of the purple splendor she had anticipated. "That's not my idea of a diamond," she had said.
L.M. MontgomeryIt is only very foolish folk who talk sense all the time." - Anne Shirley
L.M. MontgomeryI told you the Bible was more to be depended on than newspapers!
L.M. MontgomeryVelvet carpet," sighed Anne luxuriously, "and silk curtains! I've dreamed of such things, Diana. But do you know I don't believe I feel very comfortable with them after all. There are so many things in this room and all so splendid that there is no scope for imagination. That is one consolation when you are poor--there are so many more things you can imagine about.
L.M. Montgomery"Wouldn't it be lovely, Miss Shirley, if some one could just wave a wand and make everybody beautiful?" she said wistfully. "Just fancy my feelings, Miss Shirley, if I suddenly fould myself beautiful! But then"....with a sigh..."if we were all beauties who would do the work?"
Anne of Windy Poplars
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It was a lovely afternoon - such an afternoon as only September can produce when summer has stolen back for one more day of dream and glamour.
L.M. MontgomeryWe'll just sit here," said Barney, "and if we think of anything worth while saying we'll say it. Otherwise, not. Don't imagine you're bound to talk to me."
"John Foster says," quoted Valancy, "'If you can sit in silence
with a person for half an hour and yet be entirely comfortable, you
and that person can be friends. If you cannot, friends you'll
never be and you need not waste time in trying.'"
"Evidently John Foster says a sensible thing once in a while,"
conceded Barney.
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never write a line you'd be ashamed to read at your own funeral.
L.M. MontgomerySome are born old maids, some achieve old maidenhood, and some have old maidenhood thrust upon them ," parodied Miss Lavendar whimsically.
L.M. MontgomeryTags: humor wise l-m-montgomery
We... Charlotta the Fourth and I... live in defiance of every known law of diet." ~ Miss Lavendar, chap 27
L.M. MontgomeryTags: humor diet l-m-montgomery
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