Quotes from L.M. Montgomery

Oh, I wouldn't have minded its being heretical. I can stand wickedness, but I can't stand foolishness

Well, so nothing caught you?" said Marilla unsympathetically. "Oh, Mar—Marilla," chattered Anne, "I'll b-b-be contt-tented with c-c-commonplace places after this." CHAPTER 21 A New Departure in Flavorings

Miss Barry, who was sitting behind them, leaned forward and poked Marilla in the back with her parasol.

But there is strength in numbers and at noon hour Emily found herself standing alone on the playground facing a crowd of unfriendly faces. Children can be the most cruel creatures alive. They have the herd instinct of prejudice against any outsider, and they are merciless in its indulgence

En este mundo pagamos un precio por todo lo que conseguimos y aunque vale la pena tener ambiciones, no se consiguen con facilidad, sino que exigen su precio en trabajo, abnegación, ansiedad y desaliento.

Usted sabe que si tenemos en nosotros cualquier cosa que nos duele, tratamos de evitar que nadie se acerque y la toque. Creo que esta explicación funciona también con el alma, no solo con nuestros cuerpos

when the darkness is close to us it is a friend. But when we sorter push it away from us—divorce ourselves from it, so to speak, with lantern light—it becomes an enemy.

I am simply a book drunkard.

A house from which nobody ever went away without feeling better in some way. A house in which there was always laughter.

Now, Anne Shirley, for pity's sake don't fly up into the air." The warning seemed not unnecessary, so uplifted and aerial was Anne's expression and attitude as she sprang to her feet, her face irradiated with the flame of her spirit.

of a cross-marked grave somewhere in France. But tonight it was only a shadow Ã¢â'¬Â¦ nothing more.

What was Latin and the chance of tattooing compared to this?

Mrs. Allan has a lovely smile; she has such EXQUISITE dimples in her cheeks. I wish I had dimples in my cheeks, Marilla. I'm not half so skinny as I was when I came here, but I have no dimples yet. If I had perhaps I could influence people for good.

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive—it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?

Perhaps after a while I'll get used to it, but I'm afraid concerts spoil people for everyday life.

Art?k derslerimle çok daha fazla ilgileneceÄŸim, dedi Anne keyifle, çünkü bir amac?m var. Bay Allan hayatta herkesin bir amac? olmas? ve içtenlikle onun peÅŸine düÅŸmesi gerektiÄŸini söylüyor. Yaln?zca, sayg?n bir amaç olmas?na dikkat etmeliymiÅŸiz.

If you love me as I love you ?Nothing but death can part us two.

ought always to try to influence other people for good.

The lines and verses are only the outward garments of the poem and are no more really it than your ruffles and flounces are YOU

Every night before I goto bed, I look out of my window and wonder if the dryad is really sitting here, combing her locks with the spring for a mirror. Sometimes I look for her footprints in the dew in the morning. Oh, Diana, don't give up your faith in the dryad!

her most serious shortcoming seemed to be a tendency to fall into daydreams in the middle of a task and forget all about it until such time as she was sharply recalled to earth by a reprimand or a catastrophe.

La vie est riche et pleine ici, comme partout, si seulement nous savons apprendre à ouvrir nos cÅ"urs à sa richesse et à sa plénitude.

Kusurlu dünyada her ÅŸeyin mükemmel olmas?n? bekleyemeyiz.

don't you be too sure your name won't ever be written up. Charlie Sloane is DEAD GONE on you. He told his mother — his MOTHER, mind you — that you were the smartest girl in school. That's better than being good looking." "No, it isn't," said Anne, feminine to the core. "I'd rather be pretty than clever.