Quotes from Lucy Maud Montgomery

I never knew how much I really liked her until I saw her familiar face among all those strangers.

El orgullo va delante de la destrucción, y un espíritu altanero, delante de una caída»

And when people mean to be good to you, you don't mind very much when they're not quite—always

Tears of disappointment would come in spite of myself, as I crept away to hide poor, crumpled manuscript in the depths of my trunk. Deep down under all the discouragement and rebuff, I knew I would arrive there someday.

Books are not written about proper children. They would so so dull and boring nobody would read them.

Bueno, otra esperanza que se pierde. Mi vida es un perfecto cementerio de esperanzas muerta<<

You'll hardly fail completely in one day and there's plenty more days coming, said Marilla. The trouble with you, Anne, is that you'll expect to teach those children everything and reform all their faults right off, and if you can't you'll think you've failed.

I have lost my mind in spells and I do not dare to think what I may do in those spells. May god forgive me and I hope everyone else will forgive even if they cannot understand. My position is too awful to endure and nobody realizes it. What an end to a life in which I tried always to do my best.

I have climbed my Alpine path with years of toil and endeavor.

What is gold if love and good wishes count for anything?

Bueno, otra esperanza que se pierde. Mi vida es un perfecto cementerio de esperanzas muertas.

I didn't believe he would, but I refused to bet, because I wanted to tell Mrs. Allan all about everything, and I felt sure it wouldn't do to tell her that. It's always wrong to do anything you can't tell the minister's wife.

Well I have written my book. That dream from years ago in that brown school desk has come true with years of toil and struggle. But the realization makes it infinitely sweeter, almost as sweet as the dream.

ZaÅ'o?yÅ'am jeszcze nowÄ… stalówkÄ™, ?eby dopisa?, ?e CiÄ™ kocham za to, ?e nie jesteÅ› taki nadÄ™ty jak doktor Carter i za to, ?e nie masz odstajÄ…cych uszu jak Johnny. A przede wszystkim za to, ?e jesteÅ› Gilbertem!

But please don't ask me to eat anything, especially boiled pork and greens. Boiled pork and greens are so unromantic when one is in affliction.

Je suppose qu'il serait difficile d'envisager de la garder. - Il n'en est pas question ! A quoi pourrait-elle bien nous servir ? - Nous pourrions peut-être, nous, lui servir à quelque chose, lança Matthew, abruptement.

He aprendido a considerar cada pequeña dificultad como una broma y cada gran dificultad como el adelanto de la victoria.

On raconte qu'elle est très bizarre. - Alors elle est sûrement très intéressante, [...], les gens bizarres le sont toujours, peu importe ce qu'ils sont ou ne sont pas d'autre.

Är det inte roligt att leva en sån här dag, så säg! Jag tycker synd om dem som ännu inte är födda och får njuta av den. Nog för de kan få vara med om andra härliga dagar, men just den här får de inte...

Its plumes uplifting, in light winds drifting, I see the glimmer of the golden rod.

Human nature is always desirous of what one has not got!

Ja osobiÅ›cie mam tylko jedno marzenie - odezwaÅ' siÄ™ przyciszonym gÅ'osem. - Powraca ono do mnie ciÄ…gle, chocia? wiem, ?e prawdopodobnie nigdy siÄ™ nie speÅ'ni. MarzÄ™ o wÅ'asnym domu, o rozpalonym ogniu w kominku, o wÅ'asnym kocie i psie, o odgÅ'osie kroków przyjacióÅ', którzy przyszli w odwiedziny i - marzÄ™ o tobie.

Never write a line you would be ashamed to read at your own funeral.

Have you ever read stories that weren't true? demanded Paula.