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title: "5 Anne shirley Quotes By Lucy Maud Montgomery"
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> [You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair." — Anne Shirley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/you-d-find-it-easier-to-be-bad-than-good-if-you-had-red-hair-anne/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

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> [Jane's stories are extremely sensible. Then Diana puts too many murders into hers. She says most of the time she doesn't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/jane-s-stories-are-extremely-sensible-then-diana-puts-too-many/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

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> [“Anne Shirley, you're only pretending to be grown up. I believe when you're alone you're as much a little girl as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/anne-shirley-you-re-only-pretending-to-be-grown-up-i-believe-when-you/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

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> [True friends are always together in spirit. (Anne Shirley)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/true-friends-are-always-together-in-spirit-anne-shirley/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

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> [Mrs. Cadbury: Tell me what you know about yourself. Anne Shirley: Well, it really isn't worth telling, Mrs. Cadbury... but if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/mrs-cadbury-tell-me-what-you-know-about-yourself-anne-shirley-well-it/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

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## More by Lucy Maud Montgomery

> [“Tell me this--if you knew you would be poor as a church mouse all your life--if you knew you'd never have a line published--would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/tell-me-this-if-you-knew-you-would-be-poor-as-a-church-mouse-all-your/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [Of all the uncertain things marriage is the uncertainest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/of-all-the-uncertain-things-marriage-is-the-uncertainest/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [if I can't get what I want - well, I'll want what I can get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/if-i-can-t-get-what-i-want-well-i-ll-want-what-i-can-get/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [It was October again ... a glorious October, all red and gold, with mellow mornings when the valleys were filled with delicate mists as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/it-was-october-again-a-glorious-october-all-red-and-gold-with-mellow/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [Without shedding of blood there is no anything. Everything, it seems to me, has to be purchased by selfsacrifice. Our race has marked every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/without-shedding-of-blood-there-is-no-anything-everything-it-seems-to/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [Isn't it good just to be alive on a day like this? I pity the people who aren't born yet for missing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/isn-t-it-good-just-to-be-alive-on-a-day-like-this-i-pity-the-people/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [An old house with its windows gone always makes me think of something dead with its eyes picked out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/an-old-house-with-its-windows-gone-always-makes-me-think-of-something/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [What is it really like to be engaged?" asked Anne curiously. "Well, that all depends on who you're engaged to," answered Diana, with that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/what-is-it-really-like-to-be-engaged-asked-anne-curiously-well-that/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [Hark, I hear a robin calling! List, the wind is from the south! And the orchard-bloom is falling Sweet as kisses on the mouth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/hark-i-hear-a-robin-calling-list-the-wind-is-from-the-south-and-the/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [As she walked along she dramatized the night. There was about it a wild, lawless charm that appealed to a certain wild, lawless strain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/as-she-walked-along-she-dramatized-the-night-there-was-about-it-a/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [“In this life you've got to hope for the best, prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/in-this-life-you-ve-got-to-hope-for-the-best-prepare-for-the-worst/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [“You 're not eating anything,” said Marilla sharply, eying her as if it were a serious shortcoming. Anne sighed. “I can 't. I'm in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/you-re-not-eating-anything-said-marilla-sharply-eying-her-as-if-it/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [There is no use in loving things if you have to be torn from them, is there? And it's so hard to keep from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/there-is-no-use-in-loving-things-if-you-have-to-be-torn-from-them-is/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [That's a lovely idea, Diana,' said Anne enthusiastically. 'Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with…making it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/that-s-a-lovely-idea-diana-said-anne-enthusiastically-living-so-that/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

> [There are many worse friends than the soft, silent, furry, cat-folk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-maud-montgomery/there-are-many-worse-friends-than-the-soft-silent-furry-cat-folk/)

[Lucy Maud Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-maud-montgomery/)

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