...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryI'm always sorry when pleasant things end. Something still pleasanter may come after, but you can never be sure.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryBut really, Marilla, one can't stay sad very long in such an interesting world, can one?
Lucy Maud MontgomeryFew women are so beautiful and charming that they can afford to divest themselves of any portion of their charm; so they are very foolish to do so by smoking. It doesn't matter about men. Men look ugly and silly, too, when smoking. But it isn't beauty that matters with them-only strength
Lucy Maud Montgomery