Quotes by Lucy Maud Montgomery

“Isn't that beautiful? said Owen, pointing to it with the air of a man who puts a certain conversation behind him. It's so beautiful that it hurts me, said Anne softly. Perfect things like that alwa...”

“Life had taught her to be brave, to be patient, to love, to forgive.”

“Her confusion put him at ease and he forgot to be shy; besides, even the shyest of men can sometimes be quite audacious in moonlight.”

“It is never quite safe to think we have done with life. When we imagine we have finished our story fate has a trick of turning the page and showing us yet another chapter.”

“I like wind, he said. A day when there is no wind seems to me dead. A windy day wakes me up. He gave a conscious laugh. On a calm day I fall into day dreams. No doubt you know my reputation, Miss W...”

“We miss so much out of life if we don't love. The more we love the richer life is—even if it is only some little furry or feathery pet.”

“We stood there and talked while Elizabeth sipped her milk daintily and she told me all about Tomorrow. The Woman had told her that Tomorrow never comes, but Elizabeth knows better. It will come som...”

“I remembered Elizabeth had never laughed once during our talk. I feel that she hasn't learned how. The great house is so still and lonely and laughterless. It looks dull and gloomy even now when th...”

“I think one of my missions in Summerside will be to teach her how to laugh. Part 1, Ch. 2”

“I wended my way to the graveyard this evening, wrote Anne to Gilbert after she got home. I think 'wend your way' is a lovely phrase and I work it in whenever I can. It sounds funny to say I enjoyed...”

“Be the day short or be the day long, at last it weareth to evening song.”

“They did not talk or want to talk. It was as if they were afraid to talk for fear of spoiling something beautiful. But Anne had never felt so near Katherine Brooke before. By some magic of its own ...”

“When they came out to the main road and a sleigh flashed by, bells ringing, laughter tinkling, both girls gave an involuntary sigh. It seemed to both that they were leaving behind a world that had ...”