Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.
L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables, ch. 21 (1908)
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When and why it was written
- When
- Published in 1908.
- Why
- Anne says it after a public humiliation involving a cake and a bottle of liniment.
What it means
Montgomery puts the line in the mouth of a child who has just failed badly and in front of people.
The optimism is a working method rather than a temperament. Anne treats the day boundary as real, which lets her stop carrying today's evidence into tomorrow.
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Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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