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Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?
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What it means
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It is Anne in a sentence: nothing, not even poisoning the minister's wife with liniment cake, can dent her belief that a fresh start is always waiting. Marilla's dry answer and Anne's follow-up, that she never makes the same mistake twice, keep it funny rather than saccharine. Readers have clung to it for more than a century as a gentle reminder for any bad day.
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At the end of Chapter 21, 'A New Departure in Flavorings', Anne has baked a layer cake for the new minister and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Allan, who are at tea at Green Gables. It tastes terrible: Marilla discovers that Anne used the bottle labelled vanilla, which she herself had refilled with Anodyne Liniment. Anne flees to her room in disgrace, and Mrs. Allan gently comforts her and asks to see her garden. That night, as the evening winds down, Anne turns to Marilla and says this. Marilla replies drily that she will certainly make plenty of mistakes in it.
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- Anne of Green Gables - Project GutenbergChapter XXI, A New Departure in FlavoringsReference checked
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