#montgomery

That's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#l-m-montgomery

Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#disappointment #expectations #misattributed #l-m-montgomery

Do you know, Mrs. Allan, I'm thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much." "True friendship is a very helpful thing indeed," said Mrs. Allan, "and we should have a very high ideal of it , and never sully it by any failure in truth and sincerity. I fear the name of friendship is often degraded to a kind of intimacy that had nothing of real friendship in it. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#beauty #friends #friendship #l-m-montgomery #thankfulness

I am well in body although considerably rumpled up in spirit, thank you, ma'am,' said Anne gravely. Then aside to Marilla in an audible whisper, 'There wasn't anything startling in that, was there, Marilla? ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#l-m-montgomery #l-m-montgomery

I can't understand how she could have wanted to live back here, away from everything," said Jane. "Oh, I can easily understand that," said Anne thoughtfully. "I wouldn't want it myself for a steady thing because, although I love the fields and woods, I love people too... ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#fields #home #l-m-montgomery #people #woods

Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back? ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#poetry #love

I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her. ↗

— Barbara Eden

#compared #elizabeth #good #good company #her

Strange, ain't it, how folks seem to resent anyone being born a mite cleverer than they be. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#dreams

I am a big Bewitched fan... something about the way Elizabeth Montgomery twitched her nose. ↗

— Barry Williams

#am #bewitched #big #elizabeth #fan

But is there not something strange about any room that has been occupied through generations? Death has lurked in it…love has been rosy red in it…births have been here…all the passions…all the hopes. It is full of wraths. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#death