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“A girl who would fall in love so easily or want a man to love her so easily would probably get over it just as quickly, very little the worse for wear. On the contrary, a girl who would take love seriously would probably be a good while finding herself in love and would require something beyond mere friendly attentions from a man before she would think of him in that light.”

Book:My dear Mr. M.: letters to G.B. MacMillan from L.M. Montgomery

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My dear Mr. M.: letters to G.B. MacMillan from L.M. Montgomery

This book features a selection of letters exchanged between L.M. Montgomery, the renowned author of 'Anne of Green Gables,' and G.B. MacMillan, discussing various aspects of Montgomery's writing and personal life. more

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author renowned for her children's literature, particularly the 'Anne of Green Gables' series. Her works are celebrated for their refreshing style and profound insights into human nature. more

“I am quite likely to re-act to the opposite extreme - to feel rapturously that the world is beautiful and mere existence something to thank God for. I suppose our 'blues' are the price we have to pay for our temperament. 'The gods don't allow us to be in their debt.' They give us sensitiveness to beauty in all its forms but the shadow of the gift goes with it.”

World Giving Feels Beautiful Form Pay Existence Shadow Opposites Mere Extremes Debt Thank God Temperament World Is Beautiful

Book:My dear Mr. M.: letters to G.B. MacMillan from L.M. Montgomery

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“Time interval is a strange and contradictory matter in the mind. It would be reasonable to suppose that a routine time or an eventless time would seem interminable. It should be so, but it is not. It is the dull eventless times that have no duration whatever. A time splashed with interest, wounded with tragedy, crevassed with joy - that's the time that seems long in the memory. And this is right when you think about it. Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all.”