But just think what a dull world it would be if everyone was sensible,' pleaded Anne.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryI'm afraid to speak or move for fear that all this wonderful beauty will just vanish... like a broken silence.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryI suppose all this sounds very crazy — all these terrible emotions always do sound foolish when we put them into our inadequate words. They are not meant to be spoken — only felt and endured.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryComedy and tragedy are so mixed up in life, Gilbert. The only thing that haunts me is that tale of the two who lived together fifty years and hated each other all that time. I can't believe they really did. Somebody has said that 'hate is only love that has missed its way.' I feel sure that under the hatred they really loved each other . . . just as I really loved you all those years I thought I hated you . . . and I think death would show it to them. I'm glad I found out in life.
Lucy Maud Montgomery