Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasnโt can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryShe asked me what made me do such a thing. That is an awkward question because I often can't tell what makes me do things. Sometimes I do them just to find out what I feel like doing them. And sometimes I do them because I want to have some exciting things to tell my grandchildren.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryPlum puffs can't minister to a mind diseased or a world that's crumbling to pieces
Lucy Maud MontgomeryMrs. Spencer said it was wicked of me to talk like that, but I didnโt mean to be wicked. Itโs so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isnโt it?
Lucy Maud Montgomery