Bette Greene

The world is not a rational place.

— Bette Greene

“But you, Pearl, never liked anything once it was yours.”

— Bette Greene

Fun, like champagne bubbles, can't completely fill you up.

— Bette Greene

Longevity can't be the only test of love.

— Bette Greene

When people's emotions are involved they don't want to listen.

— Bette Greene

“The ways of the Lord are filled with wonder and mystery.”

— Bette Greene

I love Arkansas but I think Arkansas has its share of unlit minds.

— Bette Greene

I was hooked on writing. I mean, where else can you get paid for sticking your nose into somebody else's business?

— Bette Greene

“The secret is in absolutely refusing to let the river beat you down.”

— Bette Greene

“One thing you can say about him is that he's appreciative. He's just happy having someone to sit with.”

— Bette Greene

What do you know about sooner or later? Is a moment only a moment when you're in pain?

— Bette Greene

Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.

— Bette Greene

I wondered if a blessing is still a blessing if it lasts for only a little while.

— Bette Greene

It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.

— Bette Greene

“Sometimes when a person be thinking about one thing it don't mean they is mad about another thing.”

— Bette Greene

And taking care of somebody else made me feel good. Like discovering you're more than you thought you were. More even than…

— Bette Greene

“That's when I saw—cleary saw—that there was more than one mountain in my life. Some could be seen and some couldn't be,…

— Bette Greene

“It’s not really rewarding trying to fathom what people will think. Particularly people who have demonstrated a lifetime aversion to thinking.”

— Bette Greene

Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater…

— Bette Greene

“But don't go thinking that I'm critical of you, Anton, because really I'm not. Not a bit! It's just that you're not…

— Bette Greene

Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have…

— Bette Greene

“Six years is plenty long enough to soothe the tearing anguish of...death, but maybe no amount of time is enough to soothe…

— Bette Greene

A person's got to think, otherwise that person's no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose. If only…

— Bette Greene

It was like that. Sometimes I'd go for a period—days or weeks—without feeling the full sweep of my loss, and then as…

— Bette Greene

Maybe...in a way, this coffee reminds me of something. Maybe...maybe only a philosopher or a mad man would make this connection, but…

— Bette Greene

“My deception was believed because it was built on a foundation of truth … Hitler's first layer is an undeniable truth, such…

— Bette Greene

Look inside yourself and you'll find a world of things (a world of your own experiences)worth writing about.

— Bette Greene

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?

— Bette Greene

Experiencing life through a book can help you learn without all the pain of going through the experiences first hand.

— Bette Greene

“Folks keep forgetting that wishing don't make nothing so, but prayer sometimes do.”

— Bette Greene

And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.

— Bette Greene

Why is it I'm always so quick to believe that people are thinking...believing the worst about me?

— Bette Greene

“But will somebody please tell me what's a person to do when they're too afraid of life to live and too afraid…

— Bette Greene

“All I know is that growing up hurts too much. Growing down is what I'd really like to do. Be little enough…

— Bette Greene