Lucy Maud Montgomery’s most well-known character was Anne of Green Gables. Here are some of the words Lucy Maud put into Anne’s mouth. Joy bubbles up in me when I read them, because I have forgotten their truth. And they remain true, no matter what else may be happening in the world.
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“I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those
on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens
but just those that bring simple little pleasures,
following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.”
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“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
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“Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about?
It just makes me feel glad to be alive–it’s such an interesting world.
It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it?
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“Humor is the spiciest condiment in the feast of existence.
Laugh at your mistakes but learn from them,
joke over your troubles but gather strength from them,
make a jest of your difficulties but overcome them.”
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“That is one good thing about this world …
there are always sure to be more springs.”
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“There is so much in the world for us all if we only have the eyes to see it,
and the heart to love it, and the hand to gather it to ourselves–
so much in men and women, so much in art and literature,
so much everywhere in which to delight, and for which to be thankful.”
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“I don’t know what lies around the bend,
but I’m going to believe that the best does.”
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“To dispair is to turn your back on God.”
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“God’s in His heaven, all’s right with the world’,
whispered Anne softly.”