Lucy Maud
Lucy Maud
beautiful moving people
Welcome, Anne. I thought you'd come today. You belong to the afternoon so it brought you. Things that belong together are sure to come together. What a lot of trouble that would save some people if they only knew it. But they don't...and so they waste beautiful energy moving heaven and earth to bring things together that don't belong.
men despair slave
Despair is a free man--hope is a slave.
wicked world fool
It's the fools that make all the trouble in the world, not the wicked.
cat envy listening
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.
song sunset blow
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.
prison freedom-to-choose
That's all the freedom we canhope for - the freedom to choose our prison. [...]
wise believe color
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?
body spirit wells
I am well in body though considerably rumpled up in spirit.
smell violet world
You are the only person who loves me in the world," said Elizabeth. "When you talk to me I smell violets.
secret safe made
…there was something about her that made you feel it was safe to tell her secrets.
hate book come-back-to-me
I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me…
insulting world ridiculous
Don't be ridiculous, please.' The most insulting words in the world!
laughing bitterness found
She suddenly found herself laughing without bitterness.
thinking way affection
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?