The gods, so says the old superstition, do...... Quote by "L.M. Montgomery"

The gods, so says the old superstition, do not like to behold too happy mortals. It is certain, at least, that some human beings do not.
— L.M. Montgomery Anne's House of Dreams

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Other Quotes by "L.M. Montgomery"

Despair is a free man—hope is a slave.
— L.M. Montgomery The Blue Castle

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Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one’s side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music, perhaps . . . perhaps . . . love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath.
— L.M. Montgomery

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I've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by 'the joy of strife'. Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
— L.M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables

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My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.
— L.M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables

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I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me…
— L.M. Montgomery Anne of Windy Poplars

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