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Betty Smith Quotes

Look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time Picture Quote #1

You won’t die, Francie. You were born to lick this rotten life Picture Quote #1

Suffering is also good, it makes a person rich in character Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It takes a lot of doing to die Picture Quote #1

Brooklyn was a dream. All the things that happened there just couldn’t happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all real and true and was it that she, Francie, was the dreamer? Picture Quote #1

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It meant that she belonged some place. She was a Brooklyn girl with a Brooklyn name and a Brooklyn accent. She didn’t want to change into a bit of this and a bit of that Picture Quote #1

Oh time... time, pass so that I forget! Oh time, Great Healer, pass over me and let me forget Picture Quote #1

But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better Picture Quote #1

Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on Earth will be filled with glory Picture Quote #1

I hate all those flirty-birty games that women make up. Life’s too short. If you ever find a man you love, don’t waste time hanging your head and simpering. Go right up to him and say, ‘I love you. How about getting married? Picture Quote #1

In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself the way you think it should have happened. Tell the truth and write the story. Then you won’t get mixed up. It was the best advice Francie every got Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. Somber as a word was better. But it did not apply to Williamsburg Brooklyn. Prairie was lovely and Shenandoah had a beautiful sound but you couldn’t fit those words into Brooklyn. Serene was the only word for it especially on a Saturday afternoon in summer Picture Quote #1

I can never give a ‘yes’ or a ‘no.’ I don’t believe everything in life can be settled by a monosyllable Picture Quote #1

Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing Picture Quote #1

Some people do crossword puzzles. I do books Picture Quote #1

The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child’s life Picture Quote #1

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Books became her friends, and there was one for every mood Picture Quote #1

If you love someone, you’d rather suffer the pain alone to spare them Picture Quote #1

They learned no compassion from their own anguish. thus their suffering was wasted Picture Quote #1

I’ll not punish you for having an imagination Picture Quote #1

Oh, I wish I was young again when everything seemed so wonderful! Picture Quote #1

Is it not so that a son what is bad to his mother is bad to his wife? Picture Quote #1

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And always, there was the magic of learning things Picture Quote #1

Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words Picture Quote #1

Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It’s growing out of sour earth. And it’s strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way Picture Quote #1

The world was hers for the reading Picture Quote #1

A child forgets a time of hunger but never forgets the aching want of other things Picture Quote #1

Bad quarrels come when two people are wrong. Worse quarrels come when two people are right Picture Quote #1

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Look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time (Betty Smith Quotes) You won’t die, Francie. You were born to lick this rotten life. (Betty Smith Quotes) Suffering is also good, it makes a person rich in character (Betty Smith Quotes) 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 Quotes) It takes a lot of doing to die (Betty Smith Quotes) Brooklyn was a dream. All the things that happened there just couldn’t happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all real and true and was it that she, Francie, was the dreamer? (Betty Smith Quotes) It meant that she belonged some place. She was a Brooklyn girl with a Brooklyn name and a Brooklyn accent. She didn’t want to change into a bit of this and a bit of that (Betty Smith Quotes) Oh time... time, pass so that I forget! Oh time, Great Healer, pass over me and let me forget (Betty Smith Quotes) But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better (Betty Smith Quotes) Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on Earth will be filled with glory (Betty Smith Quotes) I hate all those flirty-birty games that women make up. Life’s too short. If you ever find a man you love, don’t waste time hanging your head and simpering. Go right up to him and say, ‘I love you. How about getting married? (Betty Smith Quotes) In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself the way you think it should have happened. Tell the truth and write the story. Then you won’t get mixed up. It was the best advice Francie every got (Betty Smith Quotes) 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 Quotes) Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. Somber as a word was better. But it did not apply to Williamsburg Brooklyn. Prairie was lovely and Shenandoah had a beautiful sound but you couldn’t fit those words into Brooklyn. Serene was the only word for it especially on a Saturday afternoon in summer (Betty Smith Quotes) I can never give a ‘yes’ or a ‘no.’ I don’t believe everything in life can be settled by a monosyllable (Betty Smith Quotes) Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing (Betty Smith Quotes) Some people do crossword puzzles. I do books (Betty Smith Quotes) The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child’s life (Betty Smith Quotes) Books became her friends, and there was one for every mood (Betty Smith Quotes) If you love someone, you’d rather suffer the pain alone to spare them (Betty Smith Quotes) They learned no compassion from their own anguish. thus their suffering was wasted (Betty Smith Quotes) I’ll not punish you for having an imagination (Betty Smith Quotes) Oh, I wish I was young again when everything seemed so wonderful! (Betty Smith Quotes) Is it not so that a son what is bad to his mother is bad to his wife? (Betty Smith Quotes) And always, there was the magic of learning things (Betty Smith Quotes) Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words (Betty Smith Quotes) Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It’s growing out of sour earth. And it’s strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way (Betty Smith Quotes) The world was hers for the reading (Betty Smith Quotes) A child forgets a time of hunger but never forgets the aching want of other things (Betty Smith Quotes) Bad quarrels come when two people are wrong. Worse quarrels come when two people are right (Betty Smith Quotes)

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