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Betty Smith Quotes

Betty Smith quotes

American Novelist December 15, 1896 – January 17, 1972

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She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much. Betty Smith
I want to live for something. I don't want to live to get charity food to give me enough strength to go back to get more charity food. Betty Smith
Betty Smith quote: "In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good..."
In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character. Betty Smith
Betty Smith quote: "She grieved a while and her grief changed her."
She grieved a while and her grief changed her. Betty Smith
Anybody," said Johnny, carried away by his personal dream of Democracy, "can ride in one of the hansom cabs, provided," he qualified, "they get the money. So you can see what a free country we got here."What's free about it if you have to pay?" asked Francie."It's free in this way: If you have the money you're allowed to ride in them no matter who you are. In the old countries, certain people aren't free to ride in them, even if they have the money. Betty Smith
Betty Smith quote: "It's come at last", she thought, "the time when you can no..."
It's come at last", she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache. Betty Smith
It was a good thing that she got herself into this other school. It showed her that there were other worlds beside the world she had been born into and that these other worlds were not unattainable. Betty Smith
So she learned ways of conserving bits of seconds. Long before the train ground to a stop at her station, she pushed her way to the door to be one of the first expelled when it slid open. Out of the train, she ran like a deer, circling the crowd to be the first up the stairs leading to the street. Walking to the office, she kept close to the buildings so she could turn corners sharply. She crossed streets kittycorner to save stepping off and on an extra pair of curbs. At the building,... Betty Smith
Betty Smith quote: "Suffering is also good, it makes a person rich in charachter."
Suffering is also good, it makes a person rich in charachter. Betty Smith
I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how I feel at a time like now. And the understanding must be part of the holding. Betty Smith
No matter where its seed fell, it made a tree which struggled to reach the sky. It grew in boarded-up lots and out of neglected rubbish heaps, and it was the only tree that grew out of cement. It grew lushly, but only in the tenements districts.... That was the kind of tree it was. It liked poor people. Betty Smith
She had heard Papa sing so many songs about the heart; the heart that was breaking - was aching - was dancing -was heavy laden - that leaped for joy - that was heavy in sorrow - that turned over - that stood still. She really believed the heart actually did those things. Betty Smith
Betty Smith quote: "From that time on, the world was hers for the reading."
From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. Betty Smith
Sometimes I think it's better to suffer bitter unhappiness and to fight and to scream out, and even to suffer that terrible pain, than to just be... safe. At least she knows she's living. Betty Smith
The child will grow up and find out things for herself. She will know that I lied. She will be disappointed." "That is what is called learning the truth. Betty Smith

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