L.M. Montgomery Quotes

I climbed the hill of firs and looked down over the fields of mist and silver in the moonlight. The shadows of the ferns and sweet wild grasses along the edge of the woods were like a dance of sprites...

I detest that woman [Rachel Lynde] more than anybody I know. She can put a whole sermon, text, comment, and application, into six words, and throw it at you like a brick.

I do like a road, because you can be always wondering what is at the end of it.

Woman likes to hear the news. I am rather interested in Millicent Drew's case myself. I never had a beau, much less two, and I do not mind now, for being an old maid does not hurt when you get used to...

If you believe in a thing it doesn’t matter whether it exists or not

If we never have any adventures we’ll have nothing to remember when we get old.

I don't know, I don't want to talk as much. (...) It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures. I don't like to have them laughed at or wondered over.

If a kiss could be seen I think it would look like a violet.

Is there laughter in your face yet, Rilla? I hope so. The world will need laughter and courage more than ever in the years that will come next. I don't want to preach—this isn't any time for it.

I don't know whether it is any use forgiving people or not. Yes, it is, it makes you feel more comfortable yourself.

I'm glad and I'm sorry. I'm always sorry when pleasant things end. Something still more pleasant may come after, but you can never be sure. And it's so often the case that it isn't more pleasant.

Тело растет медленно и постоянно, но душа растет стремительно и скачками.

I wonder, said Miss Oliver, if humanity will be any happier because of aeroplanes. It seems to me that the sum of human happiness remains much the same from age to age, no matter how it may vary in di...

I feel sorry now myself, admitted Davy, but the trouble is I never feel sorry for doing things till after I’ve did them.

هناك وفرة من الناس ممن يستطيعون عن طريق إهمالهم لشؤونهم الخاصة، مراقبة شؤون جيرانهم عن كثب

Ah, children are not what they were in my young days. They listened to their parents then.

I had always disliked men. It must have been born in me, because, as far back as I can remember, an antipathy to men and dogs was one of my strongest characteristics. I was noted for that. My experien...

I think the nicest thing about days is their unexpectedness. It's jolly to wake up like this on a golden-fine morning and day-dream for ten minutes before I get up, imagining heaps of splendid things...

I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me…

I like babies in moderation, but twins three times in succession is TOO MUCH. I told Mrs. Hammond so firmly, when the last pair came.