Lucy Maud
Lucy Maud
thinking earth unbreakable
There is no such thing as freedom on earth," he said. "Only different kinds of bondages. And comparative bondages. YOU think you are free now because you've escaped from a peculiarly unbreakable kind of bondage. But are you? You love me - THAT'S a bondage.
world hoping-for-the-best worst
In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends.
art eye men
There is so much in the world for us all if we only have the eyes to see it, and the heart to love it, and the hand to gather it to ourselves--so much in men and women, so much in art and literature, so much everywhere in which to delight, and for which to be thankful.
inspirational mistake air
Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.
suffering moments glorious
She will love deeply--suffer terribly--she will have glorious moments to compensate.
life wisdom people
Some people go through life trying to find out what the world holds for them only to find out too late that it's what they bring to the world that really counts.
school broke slate
Nothing mattered much to me for a time there, after you told me you could never love me, Anne. There was nobody else -- there never could be anybody else for me but you. I've loved you ever since that day you broke your slate over my head in school.
morning doors next-day
Few things in Avonlea ever escaped Mrs. Lynde. It was only that morning Anne had said, "If you went to your own room at midnight, locked the door, pulled down the blind, and sneezed, Mrs. Lynde would ask you the next day how your cold was!
regret mistake should
We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.
love marriage thank-you
I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he could be wicked and wouldn't.
ideas cows scared
I'm afraid of those cows,' protested poor Dora, seeing a prospect of escape. 'The very idea of your being scared of those cows,' scoffed Davy. 'Why, they're both younger than you.
safe
You're never safe from being surprised until you're dead.