Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE, publicly known as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book was an immediate success. The central character, Anne Shirley, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth30 November 1874
CountryCanada
Despair is a free man--hope is a slave.
It's the fools that make all the trouble in the world, not the wicked.
The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr," remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. "It is the most contented sound in the world.
It was November--the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines. Anne roamed through the pineland alleys in the park and, as she said, let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul.
That's all the freedom we canhope for - the freedom to choose our prison. [...]
But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn't it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and sensible . . . and good? What would we find to talk about?
I am well in body though considerably rumpled up in spirit.
You are the only person who loves me in the world," said Elizabeth. "When you talk to me I smell violets.
…there was something about her that made you feel it was safe to tell her secrets.
I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me…
Don't be ridiculous, please.' The most insulting words in the world!
She suddenly found herself laughing without bitterness.
Isn't it terrible the way some unworthy folks are loved, while others that deserve it far more, you'd think, never get much affection?
Fairyland is the loveliest word because it means everything the human heart desires.