January so far has been a month of cold gray days

"January 28th.

January so far has been a month of cold gray days, with an occasional storm whirling across the harbor and filling Spook's Lane with drifts. But last night we had a silver thaw and today the sun shone."
-L.M. Montgomery
Anne Shirley in Anne of Windy Poplars

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Even in grey November...

"Spring would come back even in grey November and her poor, cold, dead, little heart would beat again."
-L.M. Montgomery
A Tangled Web

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November had been a vexing month

"But November had been a vexing month all through...one day glorious...the next day savage."
-L.M. Montgomery
Mistress Pat

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something especially spooky in the way of ghosts

"a ghost you couldn't see but could hear and feel was something especially spooky in the way of ghosts"
-L.M. Montgomery
Emily of New Moon

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There was an indefinable change over everything that meant autumn.

"There was an indefinable change over everything that meant autumn."
-L.M. Montgomery
Jane of Lantern Hill

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Some things come by lightning flashes.

"Some things dawn on you slowly. Some things come by lightning flashes."
-L.M. Montgomery
The Blue Castle

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She was filled with youth's joy in mere existence.

"She was filled with youth's joy in mere existence."
-L.M. Montgomery
Emily's Quest

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The colour of home on an autumn dusk was an exquisite thing.

"The colour of home on an autumn dusk was an exquisite thing."
-L.M. Montgomery
Mistress Pat

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the natures which enjoy most keenly...

"the natures which enjoy most keenly are those which also suffer most sharply..."
-L.M. Montgomery
Anne of the Island

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Two Terrible Years

"They have been two terrible years—and yet I have a queer feeling of thankfulness for them—as if they had brought me something very precious, with all their pain. I wouldn't want to go back and be the girl I was two years ago, not even if I could."
-L.M. Montgomery
Rilla of Ingleside

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I love a storm...

"I love a storm like this at night when I don't have to go out in it..."
-L.M. Montgomery
Emily Climbs

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In a Garden

"Nobody ever wants to know the time in a garden."
-L.M. Montgomery
The Story Girl

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