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L. M. Montgomery

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Born 1874 in Prince Edward Island · Died 1942 in Toronto

writer, novelist, poet, journalist · Canada

Notable works: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Emily of New Moon, Jane of Lantern Hill

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Anne of Green Gables

From Project Gutenberg e-text #45 (public domain in the USA).

Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.

— Spoken by a character · XIX. A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confession

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I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

— Spoken by a character · XVI. Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results

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The Blue Castle: a novel

From Project Gutenberg e-text #67979 (public domain in the USA).

That’s all the freedom we can hope for—the freedom to choose our prison.

— Barney · Chapter XXIX

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It was three o’clock in the morning—the wisest and most accursed hour of the clock. But sometimes it sets us free.

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Rilla of Ingleside

From Project Gutenberg e-text #3796 (public domain in the USA).

The body grows slowly and steadily, but the soul grows by leaps and bounds. It may come to its full stature in an hour.

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It does not do to laugh at the pangs of youth. They are very terrible because youth has not yet learned that "this, too, will pass away."

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