568 Quotes by Lucy Maud Montgomery

The little things of life, sweet and excellent in their place, must not be the things lived for; the highest must be sought and followed; the life of heaven must be begun here on earth.

To dispair is to turn your back on God.

I've just been imagining that it was really me you wanted after all and that I was to stay here for ever and ever. It was a great comfort while it lasted. But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts.

Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," exclaimed Anne.

Have you ever noticed how many silences there are Gilbert? The silence of the woods....of the shore....of the meadows....of the night....of the summer afternoon. All different because the undertones that thread them are different.

I have a dream," he said slowly. "I persist in dreaming it, although it has often seemed to me that it could never come true. I dream of a home with a hearth-fire in it, a cat and dog, the footsteps of friends -- and YOU!

There's a piping wind from a sunrise shore / Blowing over a silver sea, / There's a joyous voice in the lapsing tide / That calls enticingly; / The mist of dawn has taken flight / To the dim horizon's bound, / And with wide sails set and eager / hearts / We're off to the fishing ground.

How dear the woods are! You beautiful trees! I love every one of you as a friend.

Looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them.