Children can be the most cruel creatures alive. They have the herd instinct of prejudice against any outsider, and they are merciless in its indulgence.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryShe had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend - as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryFear is the original sin. Almost all of the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something.It is a cold slimy serpent coiling about you. It is horrible to live with fear; and it is of all things degrading.
Lucy Maud Montgomery