English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

L. M. Montgomery quotes

Canadian Author November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942

Cite this Page: Citation

Quotes

I wonder what a soul…a person's soul…would look like,' said Priscilla dreamily. 'Like that, I should think,' answered Anne, pointing to a radiance of sifted sunlight streaming through a birch tree. 'Only with shape and features of course. I like to fancy souls as being made of light. And some are all shot through with rosy stains and quivers…and some have a soft glitter like moonlight on the sea…and some are pale and transparent like mist at dawn. L. M. Montgomery
What care I if it be "wild and improbable" and "lacking in literary art"? I refuse to be any longer hampered by such canons of criticism. The one essential thing I demand of a book is that it should interest me. If it does, I forgive it every other fault. L. M. Montgomery
L. M. Montgomery quote: "Well, one can't get over the habit of being a liitle girl all..."
Well, one can't get over the habit of being a liitle girl all at once. L. M. Montgomery
I've always held that early marriage is a sure indication of second-rate goods that had to be sold in a hurry." - Martin Harris L. M. Montgomery
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. L. M. Montgomery
Humor is the spiciest condiment in the feast of existence. Laugh at your mistakes but learn from them, joke over your troubles but gather strength from them, make a jest of your difficulties but overcome them. L. M. Montgomery
L. M. Montgomery quote: "Rilla was fond of italics, as most girls of fifteen are."
Rilla was fond of italics, as most girls of fifteen are. L. M. Montgomery
L. M. Montgomery quote: "A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a..."
A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a fair substitute for heaven. L. M. Montgomery
ANNE: You said you'd keep me in my room until I confessed. I just thought up a good confession and made it as interesting as I could. MARILLA: But it was still a lie. ANNE: You wouldn't believe the truth. L. M. Montgomery
Aunt Elizabeth said, 'Do you expect to attend many balls, if I may ask?' and I said, 'Yes, when I am rich and famous.' and Aunt Elizabeth said, 'Yes, when the moon is made of green cheese. L. M. Montgomery
...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear. L. M. Montgomery
The knowledge of that land's geography…'east o' the sun, west o' the moon'…is priceless lore, not to be bought in any market place. It must be the gift of the good fairies at birth and the years can never deface it or take it away. It is better to possess it, living in a garret, than to be the inhabitant of palaces without it. L. M. Montgomery
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. L. M. Montgomery
...“Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them,” exclaimed Anne. “You mayn’t get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs. Lynde says, ‘Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.’ But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.”... L. M. Montgomery
L. M. Montgomery quote: "a little "appreciation" sometimes does quite as much good as..."
...a little "appreciation" sometimes does quite as much good as all the conscientious "bringing up" in the world. L. M. Montgomery

Popular Author

Related Authors