L.M. Montgomery's Complete Journals Quotes

“I love Charlotte Brontë so much that I am angry when anyone tries to belittle her. But I will admit that she seemed to have an unenviable talent for disliking almost everyone she met—although she often revised her opinions on further association. Charlotte had no gift for suffering fools gladly.”
― L.M. Montgomery, L.M. Montgomery's Complete Journals: The Ontario Years: 1918-1921

“Vers libre aggravates me beyond my powers of expression.
I feel
Very much
Like taking
Its unholy perpetrators
By the hair
Of their heads
(If they have any hair)
And dragging them around
The yard
A few times,
And then cutting them
Into small, irregular pieces
And burying them
In the depths of the blue sea
They are without form
And void,
Or at least
The stuff they produce
Is.
They are too lazy
To hunt up rhymes,
And that
Is all
That is the matter with them.”
― L.M. Montgomery, L.M. Montgomery's Complete Journals: The Ontario Years: 1918-1921

“There isn't a single interesting person in this village—not one who makes you feel better just because of a chat. I really never saw such a collection of stupid, uninteresting people. …When I am feeling normal I suffer them gladly and find some amusement in their very stupidity but when I'm below par I'd like to blow them all up with gunpowder.
(Sept. 11, 1921)”
― L.M. Montgomery, L.M. Montgomery's Complete Journals: The Ontario Years: 1918-1921