Lucy Maud
Lucy Maud
wickedness weakness pity
Satirize wickedness if you must--but pity weakness.
girl romance world
Make a little room in your plans for romance again, Anne, girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world can’t make up for the lack of it. ~Aunt Josephine to Anne in Anne Of Green Gables
lying childhood magic
For there is no bond more lasting than that formed by the mutual confidences of that magic time when youth is slipping from the sheath of childhood and beginning to wonder what lies for it beyond those misty hills that bound the golden road.
school broke slate
I've loved you ever since that day you broke your slate over my head in school.
adventure people natural
Having adventures comes natural to some people", said Anne serenely. "You just have a gift for them or you haven't.
stars twilight down-and
When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend Though she may wander far.
people littles tone
People told her she hadn't changed much, in a tone which hinted they were surprised and a little disappointed she hadn't.
mistake benefits same-mistakes
Anne: "But have you ever noticed one encouraging thing about me, Marilla? I never make the same mistake twice". Marilla: "I don't know as that's much benefit when you're always making new ones".
men thinking doe
Ruby Gillis thinks of nothing but young men, and the older she gets the worse she is. Young men are all very well in their place, but it doesn't do to drag them into everything, does it?
hate believe thinking
Comedy and tragedy are so mixed up in life, Gilbert. The only thing that haunts me is that tale of the two who lived together fifty years and hated each other all that time. I can't believe they really did. Somebody has said that 'hate is only love that has missed its way.' I feel sure that under the hatred they really loved each other . . . just as I really loved you all those years I thought I hated you . . . and I think death would show it to them. I'm glad I found out in life.
green-gables call-me please
But if you call me Anne, please call me Anne with an 'e'.
fall autumn world
I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.
beautiful lonely grief
Night is beautiful when you are happy--comforting when you are in grief--terrible when you are lonely and unhappy.
mother husband father
Since you are determined to be married, Miss Cornelia," said Gilbert solemnly, "I shall give you the excellent rules for the management of a husband which my grandmother gave my mother when she married my father." "Well, I reckon I can manage Marshall Elliott," said Miss Cornelia placidly. "But let us hear your rules." "The first one is, catch him." "He's caught. Go on." "The second one is, feed him well." "With enough pie. What next?" "The third and fourth are-- keep your eye on him.