Lucy Maud
Lucy Maud
soul neighbor poor
Poor soul, she always knew everything about her neighbors, but she never was very well acquainted with herself.
kind cruelty worst
It's the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can't cope with it.
stars people different
It was really dreadful to be so different from other people…and yet rather wonderful, too, as if you were a being strayed from another star.
exclamation-points doubt left
You can't have many exclamation points left,' thought Anne, 'but no doubt the supply of italics is inexhaustible.
going-out paid
Life owes me something more than it has paid me and I’m going out to collect it…
thinking world dull
But just think what a dull world it would be if everyone was sensible,' pleaded Anne.
sea voice soul
The woods call to us with a hundred voices, but the sea has one only — a mighty voice that drowns our souls in its majestic music. The woods are human, but the sea is of the company of the archangels.
felt
She had never before minded being alone. Now she dreaded it. When she was alone now she felt so dreadfully alone.
growing-up pay behind-you
You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.
thinking trouble said
Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.
lonely anchors giving
I feel as if something has been torn suddenly out of my life and left a terrible hole. I feel as if I couldn't be I — as if I must have changed into somebody else and couldn't get used to it. It gives me a horrible lonely, dazed, helpless feeling. It's good to see you again — it seems as if you were a sort of anchor for my drifting soul.
soul unbearable enough
It's bad enough to feel insignificant, but it's unbearable to have it grained into your soul that you will never, can never, be anything but insignificant…
love-life emptiness life-is
…it's so dreadful to have nothing to love — life is so empty — and there's nothing worse than emptiness…
mother arms said
Gilbert put his arm about them. 'Oh, you mothers!' he said. 'You mothers! God knew what He was about when He made you.