"And yet... you wouldn't want it to stop hurting... you wouldn't want to forget your little mother even if you could."

Mourning, Grief, Memory, Love, Pain

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"And yet... you wouldn't want it to stop hurting... you wouldn't want to forget your little mother even if you could."

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"There is so much in the world for us if we only have the eyes to see it, and the heart to love it, and the hand to gather it 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 for."

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"I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he could be wicked and wouldn't."

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"Anne reveled in the world of color about her."Oh, Marilla," she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it? Look at these maple branches. Don't they give you a thrill--several thrills?"

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