I am quite likely to re-act to the opposite extreme - to feel rapturously that the world is beautiful and mere existence something to thank God for. I suppose our 'blues' are the price we have to pay for our temperament. 'The gods don't allow us to be in their debt.' They give us sensitiveness to beauty in all its forms but the shadow of the gift goes with it.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryI heard someone say once that the years from fifteen to nineteen are the best years in a girl's life.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryI know you're a fool, Jim Hardy, but for heaven's sake pretend you're not for five minutes.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryBut [sorrows] won't get the better of you if you face 'em together with love and trust. You can weather any storm with them two for compass and pilot.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryThat's one splendid thing about such affairs — it's so lovely to look back to them.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryI am sure we should not shut our hearts against the healing influences that nature offers us. But I understand your feeling. I think we all experience the same thing. We resent the thought that anything can please us when someone we love is no longer here to share the pleasure with us, and we almost feel as if we were unfaithful to our sorrow when we find our interest in life returning to us.
Lucy Maud Montgomery