Quotes By Author: lucy maud montgomery

“Tell me this–if you knew you would be poor as a church mouse all your life–if you knew you’d never have a line published–would you still go on writing–would you?”Of course I would,’ said Emily disdainfully. ‘Why, I have to write–I can’t help it at times–I’ve just got to.”

“When you’ve learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn’t, you’ve got wisdom and understanding.”

“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”

“The world looks like something God had just imaged for his own pleasure, doesn’t it?”

“You’re not eating anything,” said Marilla sharply, eying her as if it were a serious shortcoming. Anne sighed. I can’t. I’m in the depths of despair. Can you eat whenyou are in the depths of despair?”I’ve never been in the depths of despair, so I can’t say,” responded Marilla. Weren’t you? Well, did you ever try to IMAGINE you were inthe depths of despair?”No, I didn’t.”Then I don’t think you can understand what it’s like. It’s very uncomfortable a feeling indeed.”

“When I left Queen’s my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don’t know what lies around the bend, but I’m going to believe that the best does.”

“Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.”

“Life is worth living as long as there’s a laugh in it.”