Quotes from Lucy Maud Montgomery

Truly, we had had a delectable summer; and, having had it, it was ours forever. The gods themselves cannot recall their gifts. They may rob us of our future and embitter our present, but our past they may not touch. With all its laughter and delight and glamour it is our eternal possession.

Perhaps some realization came to her that, after all, it was better to have, like Anne, the vision and the faculty divine, that gift which the world cannot bestow or take away, of looking at life through some transfiguring, or revealing, medium, whereby everything seemed appareled in celestial light, wearing a glory and a freshness not visible to those who, like herself and Charlotta the IV, looked at things only through prose.

Keep your dream, little Marigold for as long as you can. A dream is an immortal thing. Time cannot kill it or age wither it. You may tire of reality but never of dreams. The dreamer's joy is worth the dreamer's pain.

The charm of idle dreaming where the dappled shadows dance, all the leafy aisles are teeming with the lures of old romance.

The Alpine path, so hard, so steep, That leads to heights sublime.

The old magic was gone forever- gone with Sylvia and the Hidden Land and all the dear, sweet fading dreams of childhood.

We would reach the far-off divine event and look out thence to the aerial spires of our City of Fulfillment.

I may not be able to do much that I want to do but I won't do another thing that I don't want to do.

You've learned the secret of happiness.

I didn't mind promising not to read any more like it, but it was agonizing to give back that book without knowing how it turned out. But my love for Miss Stacy stood the test and I did. It's really wonderful, Marilla, what you can do when you're truly anxious to please a certain person.

The daisies that dance and twinkle so Were the laughter of children in long ago.

Vivir para embellecer el nombre, aunque no sea tan hermoso en sí mismo y hacerlo, resaltar en la mente de las gentes como algo bello y placentero en lo cual nunca pensarían.

I kind of felt I shouldn't shorten their lovely lives by picking them—I wouldn't want to be picked if I were an apple blossom. But the temptation was irresistible. What do you do when you meet with an irresistible temptation?

Non è bellissimo pensare a tutte le cose che ci sono ancora da scoprire?

Quando si usa l'immaginazione, tanto vale pensare in grande

I shall govern by affection.

But when I have such good friends as you and Matthew and Mrs. Allan and Miss Stacy I ought to grow up successfully, and I'm sure it will be my own fault if I don't.

The mention of college gave a new direction to Gilbert's thoughts, and they talked for a time of their plans and whishes... gravely, earnestly, hopefully, as youth loves to talk, while the future is yet an untrodden path full of wonderful possibilities.

It won't make a bit of difference where I go or how much I change outwardly; at heart I shall always be your little Anne, who will love you and Matthew and dear Green Gables more and better every day of her life.

Oh Marilla, ansiar pelas coisas é metade do prazer proporcionado por elas - exclamou Anne - Você pode até não conseguir essas coisas, mas nada pode lhe impedir de ter a diversão de ansiar por elas - Anne

That's one of the things we learn as we grow older — how to forgive.

It wouldn't do for us to have all our dreams fulfilled, we would be as good as dead if we had nothing left to dream about.

Quando aprendemos que a linguagem nos foi dada para que possamos esconder nossos pensamentos, nos tornamos menos interessantes.- Anne

Hate is only love that missed its way.