L.M. Montgomery Quotes

A collection of quotes by L.M. Montgomery.

L.M. Montgomery, full name Lucy Maud Montgomery, was a Canadian author born on November 30, 1874, in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She is best known for her beloved fictional character, Anne Shirley, in the novel "Anne of Green Gables" (1908) and its sequels. Montgomery's writing showcased her deep admiration for nature, her love for Prince Edward Island, and her ability to capture the experiences of young women during the early 20th century. Her works have been translated into numerous languages and continue to be cherished worldwide. Montgomery passed away on April 24, 1942, leaving a timeless literary legacy.

That's all the freedom we canhope for - the freedom to choos

That's all the freedom we canhope for - the freedom to choose our prison. [...]

L.M. Montgomery

Life Freedom Prison

I don't know that she is as amusing as she was when she was

I don't know that she is as amusing as she was when she was a child, but she makes me love her and I like people who make me love them. It saves me so much trouble in making myself love them.

L.M. Montgomery

Love L M Montgomery

Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.

Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.

L.M. Montgomery

Truth Right Gossip Wrong

Secrets are generally terrible. Beauty is not hidden--only u

Secrets are generally terrible. Beauty is not hidden--only ugliness and deformity.

L.M. Montgomery

Beauty Secrets Ugliness Deformity

When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be la

When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding.-Aunt Jimsie

L.M. Montgomery

Wisdom Life

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and fai

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

L.M. Montgomery

Inspirational Uplifting

Since ever the world was spinningAnd till the world shall en

Since ever the world was spinningAnd till the world shall endYou've your man in the beginningOr you have him in the end,But to have him from start to finishAnd neither nor borrow nor lendIs what all of the girls are wantingAnd none of the gods can send

L.M. Montgomery

Love Poem

Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mi

Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?

L.M. Montgomery

Mistakes Inspirational Beginnings Mistake New Day Tomorrow Fresh Start Start Over

Which would you rather be if you had the choice--divinely be

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

L.M. Montgomery

Beauty Questions Choice Cleverness Good Looks

Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you.

Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

L.M. Montgomery

Mistakes Inspirational

I've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant b

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

Inspirational

There isn't any such thing as an ordinary life. (92)

There isn't any such thing as an ordinary life. (92)

L.M. Montgomery

Life Living Living Life Extraordinary

When I left Queen's my future seemed to stretch out before m

When I left Queen's my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does.

L.M. Montgomery

Inspirational

Life, deal gently with her ... Love, never desert her

Life, deal gently with her ... Love, never desert her

L.M. Montgomery

Life Love Jane Desert Gentle Lantern

He smiled his shy smile at her as he went into the yard. Ann

He smiled his shy smile at her as he went into the yard. Anne took the memory of it with her when she went to her room that night and sat for a long while at her open window, thinking of the past and dreaming of the future. Outside the Snow Queen was mistily white in the moonshine; the frogs were singing in the marsh beyond Orchard Slope. Anne always remembered the silvery, peaceful beauty and fragrant calm of that night. It was the last night before sorrow touched her life; and no life is ever quite the same again when once that cold, sanctifying touch has been laid upon it.

L.M. Montgomery

Beauty Loss Memories Tranquility Dreamy Touching

The only thing she really enjoyed was a funeral. You knew wh

The only thing she really enjoyed was a funeral. You knew where you were with a corpse. Nothing more could happen to it. But while there was life there was fear.

L.M. Montgomery

Life Death Relationships

I am quite likely to re-act to the opposite extreme - to fee

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.

L.M. Montgomery

Beauty Shadow Sensitiveness

She told herself that she longed greatly to go back to those

She told herself that she longed greatly to go back to those dear merry days when life was seen through a rosy mist of hope and illusion, and possessed an indefinable something that had passed away forever. Where was it now--the glory and the dream?

L.M. Montgomery

Life Growing Up Anne Of The Island