Sy Montgomery Quotes

…but youth yearned to youth.

Mrs. Hammon told me that God made my hair red on purpose and I haven't card for him since.

Well, one can't get over the habit of being a liitle girl all at once.

The universe knows my place in life much better than I do.

Oh, I know I'm a great trial to you, Marilla, " said Anne repentantly. "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might.

hat's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them.

That's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them

Don't give up all your romance, Anne, " he whispered shyly, "a little bit is a good thing - not too much, of course, but keep a little of it, Anne, keep a little of it.

And yet... you wouldn't want it to stop hurting... you wouldn't want to forget your little mother even if you could.

Isn't it queer that the things we writhe over at night are seldom wicked things? Just humiliating ones.

But tonight is a gusty, hurrying night . . . even the clouds racing over the sky are in a hurry and the moonlight that gushes out between them is in a hurry to flood the world.

Oh, I don't wonder babies always cry when they wake up in the night. So often I want to do it too.

If the bards of old the true has toldThe sirens have raven hair.But over the earth since art had birth, They paint the angels fair.

She came out of her reverie with a deep sigh and looked at him with a dreamy gaze of a soul that had been wandering afar, star-led.

I don't like places or people either that haven't any faults. I think that a truly perfect person would be very uninteresting.

Of course it's better to be good. I know it ism but it's sometimes so hard to believe a thing even when you know it.

Always somewhere there is fire or smoke, insistent reminders of the greed consuming the world

Oh, Gilbert, don't let's ever grow too old and wise... no, not too old and silly for fairyland.

Some are born old maids, some achieve old maidenhood, and some have old maidenhood thrust upon them, " parodied Miss Lavendar whimsically.

I don't care a hang for any cat that hasn't stripes.

…and he wasn't reconciled to dying. Dora told him he was going to a better world. "Mebbe, mebbe, " says poor Ben, "but I'm sorter used to the imperfections of this one.

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.

Pat wanted to comfort him for something she did not understand. She slipped her little hand into his...he had a warm pleasant hand. They walked home together so.

How does one get help when they have no money~ or how does one get money when they have no help?

Having a weakness is nothing to be ashamed of. If anything~ knowing what your weakness is makes you very powerful indeed.

If you can not get the results you need yourself, then it is time to get help from somewhere else.

Making money ethically is to be paid whilst solving someone else's problems.

Being scared doesn't move you forward~ it only holds you back

If I want help I need to pay for it~ and to pay for it~ I need more money.

Because truly big companies don't like taking gambles on small people ~unless it is a guaranteed return.

Whilst I have no control over when or where that will be (death) ~ what I do have control over is the way I choose to live whilst my body is working well and my mind is capable of great things.

He was so lonely that he laughed at himself.

Isn’t this what we want to know about those whom we care about? What is it like, we wonder at each meeting, in shared meals and secrets and silences, with each touch and glance, to be you?

I love a book that makes me cry.

Stop a bit and think it over. There do be some knots mighty aisy to tie but the untying is a cat of a different brade.

Today has been a day dropped out of June into April.

What I want to get out of my college course is some knowledge of the best way of living life and doing the most and best with it. I want to learn to understand and help other people and myself.

Most young men are such bores. They haven't lived long enough to learn that they are not the wonders to the world they are to their mothers.

If you've brains it's better than beauty - brains last, beauty doesn't.

I don't believe Old Nick can be so very ugly, ' said Aunt Jamesina reflectively. 'He wouldn't do so much harm if he was. I always think of him as a rather handsome gentleman.

A suffering or tortured animal always filled her with such a surge of sympathy that it lifted her clean out of herself.

Worrying helps you some. It seems as if you are doing something when you're worrying.

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive- it's such an interesting world.

O thou by whom we come to God The Life the Truth the Way The path of prayer Thyself hast trod- Lord teach us how to pray.

Prayer is the soul's sincere desire.

Anyone who has gumption knows what it is and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is.

As a rule I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.

I have enough money to get by. I'm not independently wealthy just independently lazy I suppose.

Extract and expel implicit biases from your work life. Don't taint our visitors with your bias and views. Allow them to form their own conclusions where it's developmentally appropriate.

What's the matter with you, Penny? You're not as good looking as you generally believe you are.