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title: "7 Betsy-tacy Quotes by 1 author"
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> [“You don't grow up, she reasoned now, until you begin to evaluate yourself, to recognize your good traits and acknowledge that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/you-don-t-grow-up-she-reasoned-now-until-you-begin-to-evaluate/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

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> [“After Commencement Day, the world!" Joe said. "With Betsy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/after-commencement-day-the-world-joe-said-with-betsy/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

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> [“Our lives can hold just so much. If they're filled with one thing, they can't be filled with another. We ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/our-lives-can-hold-just-so-much-if-they-re-filled-with-one-thing-they/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

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> [“The older I get the more mixed up life seems. When you're little, it's all so plain. It's all laid out like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/the-older-i-get-the-more-mixed-up-life-seems-when-you-re-little-it-s/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

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> [“We're growing up and I don't like it," said Tacy, as they say at Heinz's later, drinking coffee.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/we-re-growing-up-and-i-don-t-like-it-said-tacy-as-they-say-at-heinz-s/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

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> [“New things are easier to do than old familiar things when there's going to be a change," Betsy decided profoundly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/new-things-are-easier-to-do-than-old-familiar-things-when-there-s/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

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> [“She felt a little better about Leonard out here in the country. It was just being close to nature, she supposed. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/she-felt-a-little-better-about-leonard-out-here-in-the-country-it-was/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

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## Top authors on Betsy-tacy

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-maud-hart-lovelace-65681.jpg) Maud Hart Lovelace 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betsy-tacy/maud-hart-lovelace/)

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