Lucy Maud
Lucy Maud
hair red ginger
You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair." — Anne Shirley
world faces facts
I'm afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We've got to face the fact. (Walter)
sorrow wickedness bears
...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear.
endure ifs
Who would endure life if it were not for the hope of death?
book names shame
Steal not this book for fear of shame For on it is the owners name And when you die the Lord will say Where is the book you stole away And when you say you do not know The Lord will say go down below.
writing echoes trying
Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth
war century horrible
War was a hellish, horrible hideous thing - too horrible and hideous to happen in the twentieth century between civilised nations.
people house one-you-love
Houses are like people - some you like and some you don't like - and once in a while there is one you love.
heaven sake fool
I know you're a fool, Jim Hardy, but for heaven's sake pretend you're not for five minutes.
love knows asks
I don't know which is worse - to have somebody you DON'T like ask you to marry him or NOT have some one you DO like. Both are rather unpleasant.
silence silent said
Never be silent with persons you love and distrust," Mr. Carpenter had said once. "Silence betrays.
people littles little-things
It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand each other.
girl men world
Since ever the world was spinning And till the world shall end You've your man in the beginning Or you have him in the end, But to have him from start to finish And neither nor borrow nor lend Is what all of the girls are wanting And none of the gods can send
despair green depth
I'm in the depths of despair!" (Anne of Green Gables)