The Story Girl Quotes

“There is such a place as fairyland - but only children can find the way to it. And they do not know that it is fairyland until they have grown so old that they forget the way. One bitter day, when they seek it and cannot find it, they realize what they have lost; and that is the tragedy of life. On that day the gates of Eden are shut behind them and the age of gold is over. Henceforth they must dwell in the common light of common day. Only a few, who remain children at heart, can ever find that fair, lost path again; and blessed are they above mortals. They, and only they, can bring us tidings from that dear country where we once sojourned and from which we must evermore be exiles. The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and story-tellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Story Girl

“Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Story Girl

“It's not vanity to know your own good points. It would just be stupidity if you didn't; It's only vanity when you get puffed up about them.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Story Girl

“The beauty of winter is that it makes you appreciate spring.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Story Girl

“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, The Story Girl

“Well, I don't know," said the Story Girl thoughtfully. "I think there are two kinds of true thing - true things that are, and true things that are not, but might be.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Story Girl

“I told you the Bible was more to be depended on than newspapers!”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Story Girl