Jane > Jane's Quotes

“The ghosts of things that never happened are worse than the ghosts of things that did.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Emily's Quest

“Night is beautiful when you are happy--comforting when you are in grief--terrible when you are lonely and unhappy.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Emily's Quest

“Life, deal gently with her ... Love, never desert her”
― L.M. Montgomery, Jane of Lantern Hill

“They say everyone needs something to love.”
― Kate Morton, The Distant Hours

“Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.”
― Lisa See, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

“But now she loved winter. Winter was beautiful "up back" - almost intolerably beautiful. Days of clear brilliance. Evenings that were like cups of glamour - the purest vintage of winter's wine. Nights with their fire of stars. Cold, exquisite winter sunrises. Lovely ferns of ice all over the windows of the Blue Castle. Moonlight on birches in a silver thaw. Ragged shadows on windy evenings - torn, twisted, fantastic shadows. Great silences, austere and searching. Jewelled, barbaric hills. The sun suddenly breaking through grey clouds over long, white Mistawis. Ice-grey twilights, broken by snow-squalls, when their cosy living-room, with its goblins of firelight and inscrutable cats, seemed cosier than ever. Every hour brought a new revalation and wonder.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Blue Castle