All of these quotes are by L. M. Montgomery:
"'I hate the thought of growing up,' said
the Story Girl reflectively, 'because I can never go barefooted then, and
nobody will ever see what beautiful feet I have." - Sara Stanley, The
Story Girl, Chapter X
"'It's not vanity to know your own good points. It would just be stupidity
if you didn't It's only vanity when you get puffed up about them" -
Sara Stanley, The Story Girl, Chapter X
"But Felicity was one of those unfortunate people whose protests against
wrong-doing serve only to drive the wrong-doer further on her sinful way." - The
Story Girl, Chapter X
"Their toil and loneliness and suffering were all over and forgotten, and
the bridge they had built spanned the gulf between the stars of exile." - The
Story Girl, Chapter X
"She was flushed with excitement and pleasure, and was so pretty that I
could hardly eat for looking at her - which is the highest compliment in a boy's
power to pay." - Bev, The Story Girl, Chapter XIII
"Well, the Story Girl was right. There is such a place as fairyland
- but only children can find the way to it. And they do not know that it
is fairyland until they have grown so old that they forget the way. One
bitter day when they seek it and cannot find it, they realize what they have
lost; and that is the tragedy of life." - Bev, The Story Girl, Chapter
XVI
"But if a dream escape you, in what market-place in the wide world over
can you hope to regain it?" - Bev, The Story Girl, Chapter XXII
"'This is different. I know what I'm fighting for but I can't think
of the word.'
'I guess you mean principle,' I suggested.
"Yes that's it,' agreed Peter. 'It's all right to fight for principle. It's
kind of praying with your fists." - Peter and Bev, The Story Girl,
Chapter XXVII
"'Proverbs are all very fine when there's nothing to worry you, but when
you're in real trouble, they're not a bit of help.'" - Sara Stanley, The
Story Girl, Chapter XXIX
"'But I can tell you one thing about the wind - it's the only free thing
in the world - the - only - free - thing. Everything else is subject
to some law but the wind is free.'" - Peg Bowen, The Golden Road,
Chapter VIII
"'There are times when I can think nothing but gray thoughts. Then
other days, I think pink and blue and gold and purple and rainbow thoughts all
the time.'" - Sara Stanley, The Golden Road, Chapter XII
"He was one of those rare souls whose friendship is at once a pleasure and
a benediction, showering light from their own crystal clearness into all the
dark corners in the souls of others, until, for the time being at least, they
reflected his own nobility." - The Golden Road, Chapter XXV
"And so that beautiful day went away from us, slipping through our fingers
as we tried to hold it...It took with it its smiles and laughter. But it
left the boon of memory." - The Golden Road, Chapter XXVI
"'Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.'" -
Blair Stanley, The Golden Road, Chapter XXVII
"Maples are trees that have primeval fire in their souls." - The
Golden Road, Chapter XXVIII
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