Fear is the original sin. Almost all of the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something.It is a cold slimy serpent coiling about you. It is horrible to live with fear; and it is of all things degrading.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryI love pretty things; and I hate to look in the glass and see something that isn't pretty. It makes me feel so sorrowfulโjust as I feel when I look at any ugly thing. I pity it because it isn't beautiful.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryAnne reveled in the world of color about her. "Oh, Marilla," she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it? Look at these maple branches. Don't they give you a thrill--several thrills?
Lucy Maud Montgomery