Home / Quotes / Quote by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Quote by Lucy Maud Montgomery

“Which would you rather be if you had the choice--divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good?”

Quote by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Book:Anne of Green Gables

Work

Anne of Green Gables

'Anne of Green Gables' is a beloved children's novel by L.M. Montgomery. The story revolves around Anne Shirley, a young girl with a vivid imagination and a strong sense of justice. After being mistakenly sent to live with the spinster sisters Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert on Prince Edward Island, Anne quickly becomes a beloved member of the family. The novel is filled with her mischievous antics, her deep friendships, and her quest to find her place in the world. It is celebrated for its warmth, humor, and its exploration of themes such as identity, imagination, and the importance of family. more

Author

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

You May Also Like

“Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness - or Europe will fetch up in a no-man's land between the rising economies of Asia and market-driven North America.”

Men America Choices Economy Land Demand Europe Driven Rising Openness Asia Flexibility North America Competitiveness Fetch

Author:David Cameron

“Those brain-zapped kids weren’t the only - or maybe even the worst - enemy.”

Kids Brain Enemy Worst Worst Enemy

Book:Ashes

Source: Ashes

“May all your dreams but one come true, for what is life without a dream?”

May Dream Your Dreams What Is Life

Author:David Gemmell

“Of course you should study whatever you want. The written appreciation and understanding of literature, or any kind of artistic endeavour, is absolutely central to a decent society. Why d'you think books are the first things that the fascists burn?”

Thinking Want Should Firsts Kind Book Courses Literature Understanding Study Written Appreciation Artistic Decent Fascists Endeavour

Book:A Question of Attraction: A Novel

Source: A Question of Attraction: A Novel

“What must that be like? To be admired before you’ve even said a word, to be desired two or three hundred times a day by people who have absolutely no idea what you’re like?”

People Said Two Ideas Three Hundred No Idea

Book:A Question of Attraction: A Novel

Source: A Question of Attraction: A Novel

“The sad fact is that I love Dickens and Donne and Keats and Eliot and Forster and Conrad and Fitzgerald and Kafka and Wilde and Orwell and Waugh and Marvell and Greene and Sterne and Shakespeare and Webster and Swift and Yeats and Joyce and Hardy, really, really love them. It’s just that they don’t love me back.”

Facts Dickens Hardy Joyce Wilde Eliot Donne Yeats

Book:A Question of Attraction: A Novel

Source: A Question of Attraction: A Novel

“‎Perfect? How can you define a word without concrete meaning?”

Perfect Concrete Incomparable

Author:Ellen Hopkins

“I shall sustain a massive erection, that’s what, and I shan’t be answerable for the consequences. Some kind of ejaculation is almost bound to ensue and if either of you were to become pregnant I should never forgive myself.”

Ifs Should Kind Consequence Forgiving Bounds Massive Pregnant Never Forgive Ejaculation

Book:The Liar

Source: The Liar

“I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.”

Want Should Play Speak Deals Vision Europe Unions Committed British Active Ministers Britain Prime Prime Minister European Union

Author:David Cameron

“Flowers are fragile and ephemeral...Even if you meant to protect them with a surrounding fence from wind and rain, they would die without sunlight...and a spindly fence has no power against a strong wind. - Haibara Ai”

Ifs Dies Strong Wind Flower Protect Rain Fragile Sunlight Fence Ephemeral Conan Wind And Rain Strong Winds

Author:Gosho Aoyama