Quotes from Lucy Maud Montgomery

No use in trying to please everybody. No use in trying to please critics. Live under you own hat. Don't be led away by those howls about realism. Remember- pinewoods are just as real as pigsties, and a darn sight pleasanter to be in.

There is so much in the world for us all if we only have the eyes to see it, and the heart to love it, and the hand to gather it ourselves - so much in men and women, so much in art and literature, so much everywhere in which delight, and for which to be thankful.

I had, in my vivid imagination, a passport to fairyland.

Have you ever noticed, asked Anne reflectively, that when people say it is their duty to tell you a certain thing you may prepare for something disagreeable? Why is it that they never seem to think it a duty to tell you the pleasant things they hear about you?...

I can never make up my mind about anything myself - I'm always afflicted with indecision. Just as soon as I decided to do something I feel in my bones that another course would be the correct one. It's dreadful misfortune, but I was born that way, and there is no use in blaming me for it, as some people do.

Once upon a time-which, when you come to think of it, is the only proper way to begin a story-the only way that really smacks of romance and fairyland-all the Harmony members of the Lesley clan assembled at Cloud of Spruce to celebrate Old Grandmother's birthday as usual. Also to name Lorraine's baby.

I love weaving a story and spinning it around with my pen.

It takes all kinds of people to make a world.

Today, I counted the money I had earned all these years from my pen. It was quite a great deal of fortunes. Unfortunately, money does not buy happiness.

Devemos nos arrepender dos erros e aprender com eles, mas nunca carregá-los conosco para o futuro. - Sra. Allan

When you've saved a creature's life you're bound to love it. It's next thing to giving life.

Once upon a time we all walked on the golden road. It became an honest motorway, through the Land of Lost Delight; shadow and sunshine were blessedly mingled, and each turn and dip discovered a sparkling appeal and a new loveliness to eager hearts and unspoiled eyes.

A vida pode ser ampla ou pequena, de acordo com o que colocamos nela, e não com o que obtemos. A vida é rica e plena aqui... E em qualquer outro lugar... Se soubermos abrir nosso coração para sua riqueza e plenitude. - Sra. Allan

Katie Maurice was a little girl like myself, and I loved her dearly. I would stand before that door and prattle to Katie for hours, giving and receiving confidences. In especial, I liked to do this at twilight, when the fire had been lit and the rooms and its reflections were a glamour of light and shadow.

isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it

Gilbert darling, don't let's ever be afraid of things. It's such dreadful slavery. Let's be daring and adventurous and expectant.

If at thirteen you can write ten good lines, at twenty you'll write ten times ten-if the gods are kind. I think there's something trying to speak through you- but you'll have to make yourself a fit instrument for it.

The trouble is, you and Mrs. Lynde don't understand one another, she explained. That is always what is wrong when people don't like each other. I didn't like Mrs. Lynde at first either; but as soon as I came to understand her I learned to.

I've read somewhere that 'our dead are never dead until we have forgotten them.' Matthew will never be dead to me, for I can never forget him.

I think it's sorter real dastardly to break a promise you make to a child.

I had a dog once. I thought so much of him that when he died I couldn't bear the thought of getting another in his place. He was a friend.

BaÅŸar?s?zl?k deÄŸil, amaçs?zl?k suçtur. Hepimizin idealleru olmal? ve hepsini baÅŸaramasak da onlar? gercekleÅŸtirmek için uÄŸraÅŸmal?y?z. Onlar olmasa hayat çekilmez olurdu. Oysa yaÅŸam? muhteÅŸem k?lan ÅŸey ideallerimizdir

BaÅŸar?s?zl?k deÄŸil, amaçs?zl?k suçtur. Hepimizin idealleri olmal? ve hepsini baÅŸaramasak da onlar? gerçekleÅŸtirmek için uÄŸraÅŸmal?y?z. Onlar olmasa hayat çekilmez olurdu. Oysa yaÅŸam? muhteÅŸem k?lan ÅŸey ideallerimizdir

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about?