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1 " I think you can always tell when a house has been loved. But it’s been asleep for so long. And lonely. It always hurts me to see a house lonely. "
― L.M. Montgomery , The Complete Pat of Silver Bush Series: Pat of Silver Bush / Mistress Pat
2 " Sure and ye’ve only got to live one day at a time, darlint. One can always be living just one more day. "
3 " Bets seemed to die afresh every time there was something Pat wanted to share with her and could not. "
4 " You never knew how beautiful a tree really was until you saw it leafless against a pearl-grey winter sky. "
5 " Once in the night she wakened and a flood of desolation poured over her. But in the darkness she heard a melodious purring and felt the beautiful touch of a velvet cat. "
6 " One dim wet evening in early spring, when a shabby old world was trying to wash the winter grime from its face before it must welcome April, there was wild music among the birches "