And when it tips on a cloud some of them spill out and fall into your sleep.
("Anne of Avonlea")
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Anne always remembered the silvery, peaceful beauty and fragrant calm of that night. It was the last night before sorrow touched her life; and no life is ever quite the same again when once that cold, sanctifying touch has been laid upon it.
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It has always seemed to me. ever since early childhood, amid all the commonplaces of life, i was very near to a kingdom of ideal beauty. Between it and me hung only a thin veil. I could never draw it quite aside, but sometimes a wind fluttered it and I caught a glimpse of the enchanting realms beyond-only a glimpse-but those glimpses have always made life worthwhile.
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Thank goodness air and salvation are still free...and so is laughter.
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You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.
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