Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.


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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
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Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
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Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused. -Anonymous.
ANONYMOUS
If we don't chase things, sometimes the things following us can catch up." -L.M. Montgomery
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Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
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Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.
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Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures.
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Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. Mathew
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Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. [Mathew].
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Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt
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Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.
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Blessed are the sleepy ones: for they shall soon nod off.
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Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
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Expect nothing and never be disappointed.
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There are two ways to avoid getting disappointed.
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Whoever blessings, shall be abundantly blessed.
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That's a lovely idea, Diana,' said Anne enthusiastically. 'Living so that you beautify your name, ev...
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Everything that's worth having is some trouble…
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I'm just tired of everything…even of the echoes. There is nothing in my life but echoes…echoes o...
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Anne had no sooner uttered the phrase, "home o'dreams," than it captivated her fancy and she immedia...
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Having adventures comes natural to some people", said Anne serenely. "You just have a gift for them ...
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She seemed to walk in an atmosphere of things about to happen.
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…I think,' concluded Anne, hitting on a very vital truth, 'that we always love best the people who...
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Yes, it's beautiful,' said Gilbert, looking steadily down into Anne's uplifted face, 'but wouldn't i...
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There is another bend in the road after this. No one knows what will happen.
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I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.
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I've come home in love with loneliness
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You could not fence with an antagonist who met rapier thrust with blow of battle axe.
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When I left Queen's my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I coul...
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I can't help flying up on the wings of anticipation. It's as glorious as soaring through a sunset......
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Just to love! She did not ask to be loved. It was rapture enough just to sit there beside him in sil...
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People who don't like cats always seem to think there is some peculiar virtue in not liking them.
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There are some people to whom life will never be anything more than a kitchen garden; and there are ...
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Reformation with men and dogs never goes very deep.
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Oh, daddy, by what witchcraft have you coaxed that sulky rose-bush into bloom?'

'No witch...
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Even eighty-odd is sometimes vulnerable to vanity.
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I had always disliked men. It must have been born in me, because, as far back as I can remember, an ...
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He had learned the rare secret that you must take happiness when you find it - that there is no use ...
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Desire grows by what it feeds on.
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Secrets are generally terrible. Beauty is not hidden--only ugliness and deformity.
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I went looking for my dreams outside of myself and discovered, it's not what the world holds for you...
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...Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel g...
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I like to hear a storm at night. It is so cosy to snuggle down among the blankets and feel that it c...
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There isn't any such thing as an ordinary life. (92)
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Today has been a day dropped out of June into April.
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Snow in April is abominable," said Anne. "Like a slap in the face when you expected a kiss.
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Aunt Elizabeth said, 'Do you expect to attend many balls, if I may ask?' and I said, 'Yes, when I am...
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The world looks like something God had just imaged for his own pleasure, doesn't it?
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You were never poor as long as you had something to love.
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We resent the thought that anything can please us when someone we love is no longer here to share th...
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But pearls are for tears, the old legend says," Gilbert had objected.
"I'm not afraid of that. ...
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If you love me as I love you Nothing but death can part us two.
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Don't be very frightened, Marilla. I was walking the ridge-pole and I fell off. I suspect I have spr...
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I've a pocket full of dreams to sell," said Teddy, whimsically,... "What d'ye lack? What d'ye lack? ...
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Never on painter's canvas lives
The charm of his fancy's dream.
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The happiest countries, like the happiest women, have no history.
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She will love deeply, she will suffer terribly, she will have glorious moments to compensate.
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To love is easy and therefore common - but to understand - how rare it is!
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The world is always young again for just a few moments at the dawn.
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If we don't chase things, sometimes the things following us can catch up." -L.M. Montgomery
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Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth
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Don't let a three-o'clock-at-night feeling fog your soul.
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