It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living t…

Lucy Maud Montgomery
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It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it? ✨ Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). Anne of Green Gables, p.31, Xist Publishing
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It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it? ✨ Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). Anne of Green Gables, p.31, Xist Publishing

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