Never be silent with persons you love and distrust," Mr. Carpenter had said once. "Silence betrays.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryRebellion flamed up in her soul as the dark hours passed by – not because she had no future but because she had no past.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryAll that Ruby said was so horribly true, she was leaving everything she cared for. She had laid up her treasures on earth only. She had lived solely for the little things of life, the things that pass, forgetting the great things that go onward into eternity bridging the gulf between the two lives and making of death a mere passing of one dwelling to the other. From twilight to unclouded day. ...it was no wonder her soul clung in blind helplessness to the only things she knew and loved.
Lucy Maud Montgomery