I'd write of people and places like I knew, and I'd make my characters talk everyday English; and I'd let the sun rise and set in the usual quiet way without much fuss over the fact. If I had to have villains at all, I'd give them a chance, Anne--I'd give them a chance. There are some terrible bad men the world, I suppose, but you'd have to go a long piece to find them...But most of us have got a little decency somewhere in us. Keep on writing, Anne.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryWell now, I'd rather have you than a dozen boys, Anne,' said Matthew patting her hand. 'Just mind you that โ rather than a dozen boys. Well now, I guess it wasn't a boy that took the Avery scholarship, was it? It was a girl โ my girl โ my girl that I'm proud of.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryIt was really dreadful to be so different from other peopleโฆand yet rather wonderful, too, as if you were a being strayed from another star.
Lucy Maud Montgomery