L. M. Montgomery Quotes (45 quotes)
![]() | “Proverbs are all very fine when there's nothing to worry you, but when you're in real trouble, they're not a bit of help.” ―L. M. Montgomery Source/Notes: Delphi Complete Anne of Green Gables Books - Works of L. M. Montgomery (Illustrated): (2013 edition), Delphi Classics - ISBN: 9781909496125 |
![]() | “A child that has a quick temper, just blaze up and cool down, ain't never likely to be sly or deceitful.” ―L. M. Montgomery Source/Notes: Anne of Green Gables, 1908 |
![]() | “An old house with its windows gone always makes me think of something dead with its eyes picked out.” ―L. M. Montgomery Source/Notes: Anne of Green Gables, 1908 |
![]() | “But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts.” ―L. M. Montgomery Source/Notes: Anne of Green Gables, 1908 |
![]() | “Cakes have such a terrible habit of turning out bad just when you especially want them to be good.” ―L. M. Montgomery Source/Notes: Anne of Green Gables, 1908 |
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L. M. Montgomery
Born: November 30, 1874
Died: April 24, 1942 (aged 67)
Nationality: Canadian
Occupation: Author, novelist
Bio: Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE, called Maud by family and friends and publicly known as L.M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908. 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.
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