It has always seemed to me. ever since early childhood, amid all the commonplaces of life, i was very near to a kingdom of ideal beauty. Between it and me hung only a thin veil. I could never draw it quite aside, but sometimes a wind fluttered it and I caught a glimpse of the enchanting realms beyond-only a glimpse-but those glimpses have always made life worthwhile.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryโฆI think,' concluded Anne, hitting on a very vital truth, 'that we always love best the people who need us.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryOh", she thought, "how horrible it is that people have to grow up-and marry-and change!
Lucy Maud Montgomeryโฆthe Lake of Shining Waters was blue โ blue โ blue; not the changeful blue of spring, nor the pale azure of summer, but a clear, steadfast, serene blue, as if the water were past all modes and tenses of emotion and had settled down to a tranquillity unbroken by fickle dreams.
Lucy Maud Montgomery