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25d07d7 It always amazes me to look at the little, wrinkled brown seeds and think of the rainbows in 'em, L.M. Montgomery
dc724e9 Carl had the clear, bright, dark-blue eyes, fearless and direct, of his dead mother, and her brown hair with its glints of gold. He knew the secrets of bugs and had a sort of freemasonry with bees and beetles. Una never liked to sit near him because she never knew what uncanny creature might be secreted about him. Jerry refused to sleep with him because Carl had once taken a young garter snake to bed with him; so Carl slept in his old cot, .. L.M. Montgomery
7daf8b3 I am rather interested in Millicent Drew's case myself. I never had a beau, much less two, and I do not mind now, for being an old maid does not hurt when you get used to it. Millicent's hair always looks to me as if she had swept it up with a broom. But the men do not seem to mind that." "They see only her pretty, piquant, mocking, little face, Susan." "That may very well be, Mrs. Dr. dear." L.M. Montgomery
bbdeb67 What do I smell?" interrupted Carl, sniffing. They all smelled it now. A most delectable odour came floating up on the still evening air from the direction of the little woodsy dell below the manse hill. "That makes me hungry," said Jerry. "We had only bread and molasses for supper and cold ditto for dinner," said Una plaintively. Aunt Martha's habit was to boil a large slab of mutton early in the week and serve it up every day, cold and gr.. L.M. Montgomery
33b87d2 All the many familiar things that had once made life sweet had a flavour of bitterness now. Norman Douglas made periodical irruptions also, bullying and coaxing Ellen by turns. It would end, Rosemary believed, by his dragging Ellen off with him some day, and Rosemary felt that she would be almost glad when it happened. Existence would be horribly lonely then, but it would be no longer charged with dynamite. She was roused from her unpleasan.. L.M. Montgomery
02527b3 And so," said Miss Cornelia, "the double wedding is to be sometime about the middle of this month." There was a faint chill in the air of the early September evening, so Anne had lighted her ever ready fire of driftwood in the big living room, and she and Miss Cornelia basked in its fairy flicker. "It is so delightful--especially in regard to Mr. Meredith and Rosemary," said Anne. "I'm as happy in the thought of it, as I was when I was gett.. L.M. Montgomery
cfadad4 Oh, aren't you glad it is spring? The beauty of winter is that it makes you appreciate spring. L.M. Montgomery
7343978 Their charmed circle would be broken; and, in spite of the jollity of their little festival, there was a hint of sorrow in every gay young heart. L.M. Montgomery
2c579ef was a clear, apple-green evening in May, and Four Winds Harbour was mirroring back the clouds of the golden west between its softly dark shores. The sea moaned eerily on the sand-bar, sorrowful even in spring, but a sly, jovial wind came piping down the red harbour road along which Miss Cornelia's comfortable, matronly figure was making its way towards the village of Glen St. Mary. L.M. Montgomery
6998e7c You have the whole world at your doorstep here," said John Meredith, with a long breath. "What a view--what an outlook! At times I feel stifled down there in the Glen. You can breathe up here." L.M. Montgomery
f58861c I think a great deal of those dogs," she said proudly. "They are over a hundred years old, and they have sat on either side of this fireplace ever since my brother Aaron brought them from London fifty years ago. Spofford Avenue was called after my brother Aaron." -- L.M. Montgomery
5f1126f And she discovered that, while solitude with dreams is glorious, solitude without them has few charms. L.M. Montgomery
403260a I thought out a splendid prayer after I went to bed, L.M. Montgomery
74597c6 It was nearly as long as a minister's and so poetical. L.M. Montgomery
e60ae48 into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary. L.M. Montgomery
771119b She spoke out, with plainness and directness. When you had to deal a mortal blow, why try to lighten it? speaking L.M. Montgomery
017e543 They were all there, squatted in the little open glade--Faith and Una, Jerry and Carl, Jem and Walter, Nan and Di, and Mary Vance. They had been having a special celebration, for it would be Jem's last evening in Rainbow Valley. On the morrow he would leave for Charlottetown to attend Queen's Academy. Their charmed circle would be broken; and, in spite of the jollity of their little festival, there was a hint of sorrow in every gay young he.. L.M. Montgomery
0033b38 There was a faint chill in the air of the early September evening, so Anne had lighted her ever ready fire of driftwood in the big living room, and she and Miss Cornelia basked in its fairy flicker. "It is so delightful--especially in regard to Mr. Meredith and Rosemary," said Anne. "I'm as happy in the thought of it, as I was when I was getting married myself. I felt exactly like a bride again last evening when I was up on the hill seeing .. L.M. Montgomery
9e5ca17 Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it." -- L.M. Montgomery, The Story Girl" Penny Reid
e95fb06 And, like all female creatures, you form your opinions by your feelings. Well, hope for your thrilling career--but remember that if there is to be drama in your life somebody must pay the piper in the coin of suffering. If not you--then someone else." "Oh, no, I wouldn't like that." "Then be content with fewer thrills." L.M. Montgomery
d9a173c Even when I am alone, I have real good company - dreams and imaginations and pretendings. L.M. Montgomery
48e2679 What hurt her was that she had never had a chance to be anything but an old maid. No man had ever desired her. L.M. Montgomery
10ab22d here." "You'll get over it." John Lescroart
9a63a5a teacher's class in his all-boys' high school John Lescroart
752892e didn't want John Lescroart
54e3f42 9781501115677 John Lescroart
c28067a And Matt started crying? John Lescroart
f878120 Max Byrd's Grant. John Lescroart
036fb2f even knew where she'd lived. So John Lescroart
bf0d233 No reason, John Lescroart
dd58ac0 manslaughter, not murder. John Lescroart
3f4f596 all this shallow, superficial, external John Lescroart
bdeed7e Rob Leininger, via John Lescroart
160e0d1 I didn't write it to try to teach anything. My goal was just to figure out for myself what worked and why it worked. That's what the writing's about--not the magazine articles so much, but the books. Figuring stuff out." "Taking other people there too." "Maybe, hopefully, that happens in the process if I write it right. Which I suppose is why the books sell. And that just shows that there must be a lot of us in the same boat. Maybe most of .. John Lescroart
99f6a3f worldview. "So?" "You knew that?" John Lescroart
e10e433 The Beck seemed to feel that if she let her guard down for an instant, she would die. Kidnappers lurked in every public bathroom, you got cancer if you caught a whiff of secondhand tobacco smoke, bombs and handguns proliferated in high schools everywhere, you caught AIDS if you even kissed you boyfriend. God forbid you got a sunburn of forgot to fasten your seat belt. John Lescroart
fc5c22d New opportunities abound if we but have the courage to face them. John Lescroart
ee97d2f young John Lescroart
63a7e36 once known sprang to his mind: The essence of fascism is to make laws forbidding everything and then enforce them selectively against your enemies. It John Lescroart
630066a entry from three years ago, gave her tag as WineBitch and John Lescroart
913ef20 up all morning; it would not be unheard John Lescroart
a81178e He thought that he was a human being with rights, when in fact he was just another animal in the zoo. John Lescroart
b6d5241 rearing John Lescroart
0f0048a tone. He broke a smile. "Of course. Many times." "And you have no doubt, personally, that the woman you saw at the gate across the street after the shots was Jennifer Witt." To his credit, realizing what it meant, Alvarez took some time, staring at Jennifer. "I have nothing against the woman, but it was her." "Your Honor!" "All right, Mr. Freeman. The jury will disregard that last answer. Mr. Alvarez, please just answer the question." The c.. John Lescroart