"Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it"
About this Quote
That phrasing matters. “Fresh” is domestic and tactile, the language of laundry and morning air, not philosophy. It makes renewal feel practical, something you can do with your hands. “Always” is the risky word, the absolute that turns consolation into an ethic. If tomorrow is always available, then despair becomes a kind of refusal to show up.
Read in Montgomery’s context - a woman writing in a culture that disciplined girls for imperfection and punished visible failure - the line doubles as a covert defense of the messy inner life. It’s also deeply pedagogical. An educator’s faith isn’t in innate talent; it’s in iterations, in letting students try again without being defined by a red-marked page. The subtext is not “forget your mistakes,” but “you are not your mistakes,” and the future is where that argument can be tested.
The genius here is that it flatters neither fate nor grit. It flatters the next day. And that’s exactly why it lands: it gives you permission to start before you feel ready.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Montgomery, Lucy Maud. (2026, January 16). Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/tomorrow-is-always-fresh-with-no-mistakes-in-it-114251/
Chicago Style
Montgomery, Lucy Maud. "Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/tomorrow-is-always-fresh-with-no-mistakes-in-it-114251/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/tomorrow-is-always-fresh-with-no-mistakes-in-it-114251/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.














