Lucy Maud Montgomery
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"Lucy Maud Montgomery " , publicly known as "L. M. Montgomery", was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. Anne of Green Gables was an immediate success. The central character, Anne, an orphaned girl, made Montgomery famous in her lifetime and gave her an international following. The first novel was followed by a series of sequels with Anne as the central character. Montgomery went on to publish 20 novels as well as 530 short stories, 500 poems, and 30 essays. Most of the novels were set on Prince Edward Island, Canada, and places in the Canadian province became literary landmarks. She was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935.

Montgomery's work, diaries and letters have been read and studied by scholars and readers worldwide.

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It only seems as if you're doing something when you worry.

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Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.

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We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

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That is one good thing about this world. . .there are always sure to be more springs.

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Those who can soar to the highest heights can also plunge to the deepest depths, and the natures which enjoy most keenly are those which also suffer most sharply.

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As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.

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There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more.

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