Ilse and I hunted all over the old orchard for a four-leaved clover and couldn't find one. Then I found one in a clump of clover by the dairy steps when I was straining the milk and never thinking of clovers. Cousin Jimmy says that is the way luck always comes, and it is no use to look for it.

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- L. M. Montgomery

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"No one is beyond redemption."

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"You will … hear us declare with Moroni that hope is essential if we are to ‘receive [the] inheritance [God] hast prepared [for us]’ [Ether 12:32]. We want you to claim that inheritance as sons and daughters of a king. To do that, we must realize that hope is not just the message and manner of the naturally optimistic; it is the privilege of everyone who believes."

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"Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden."

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"Light tomorrow with today."

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