Lucy Maud
Lucy Maud
feet people forgotten
It was less humiliating to admit crying because of your feet than because - because somebody had been amusing himself with you and your friends had forgotten you, and other people patronised you.
thinking identity world
She wanted to be alone - to think things out - to adjust herself, if it were possible, to the new world in which she seemed to have been transplanted with a suddenness and completeness that left her half bewildered to her own identity.
wish wicked dramatic
How wicked I was to wish that something dramatic would happen!' she thought. 'Oh, if we could only have those dear, monotonous, pleasant days back again! I would *never* grumble about them again.
punishment voice valleys
There was no mistaking her sincerity--it breathed in every tone of her voice. Both Marilla and Mrs. Lynde recognized its unmistakable ring. But the former understood in dismay that Anne was actually enjoying her valley of humiliation--was reveling in the thoroughness of her abasement. Where was the wholesome punishment upon which she, Marilla, had plumed herself? Anne had turned it into a species of positive pleasure.
lying
Truth exists, only lies have to be invented.
long favors grudge
A favor is never so long-lived as a grudge.
aim wells
In everything you do aim to excel for what is worth doing is worth doing well
disappointment blessed expectations
Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.
artist people world
The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and storytellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.
giving credit want
I know I chatter on far too much... but if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit.
thinking wind cities
[Anne, commenting on city life] "I think I would probably come to the conclusion that I'd like it for a while... but in the end, I'd still prefer the sound of the wind in the firs across the brook more than the tinkling of crystal.
summer queens years
Diana: "I wish I were rich, and I could spend the whole summer at a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad." Anne: "You know something, Diana? We are rich. We have sixteen years to our credit, and we both have wonderful imaginations. We should be as happy as queens." [gestures to the setting sun] Anne Shirley: "Look at that. You couldn't enjoy its loveliness more if you had ropes of diamonds.
anne-shirley
Anne Shirley. Anne with an "e.
fashion clothes easier
It is ever so much easier to be good if your clothes are fashionable.