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I'd write of people and places like I knew, and I'd make my… — L.M. Montgomery · Smartyfair

I'd write of people and places like I knew, and I'd make my characters talk everyday English.

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She wrote about people she knew, talking the way people really talk.

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What turned up: Anne of the Island (1915), Ch. 12.
Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 20 August 2026Wikiquote sourced section, Anne of the Island (1915)
en.wikisource.orgChecked using claude-fable-5, 21 August 2026Anne of the Island (1915), ch. XII 'Averil's Atonement' — stored text is an exact prefix of the full sentence (continues '...and I'd let the sun rise and set in the usual quiet way'); spoken by Mr. Harrison advising Anne