--- title: "7 Betsy-tacy Quotes By Maud Hart Lovelace" description: "7 Betsy-tacy quotes by Maud Hart Lovelace. Plus more from Maud Hart Lovelace and more Betsy-tacy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_you-don-t-grow-up-she-reasoned-now-until_614597.jpg" --- > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_you-don-t-grow-up-she-reasoned-now-until_614597.jpg) > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_after-commencement-day-the-world-joe-sai_779388.jpg) > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_our-lives-can-hold-just-so-much-if-they_1199027.jpg) > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_the-older-i-get-the-more-mixed-up-life-s_1412256.jpg) > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_we-re-growing-up-and-i-don-t-like-it-sai_1756868.jpg) > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_new-things-are-easier-to-do-than-old-fam_1783604.jpg) > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_beauty_she-felt-a-little-better-about-leonard-o_3165028.jpg) ## More by Maud Hart Lovelace > [Then he kissed her. Betsy didn't believe in letting boys kiss you. She thought it was silly to be letting first this boy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/then-he-kissed-her-betsy-didn-t-believe-in-letting-boys-kiss-you-she/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [“Betsy was so full of joy that she had to be alone. She went upstairs to her bedroom and sat down on Uncle Keith's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/betsy-was-so-full-of-joy-that-she-had-to-be-alone-she-went-upstairs/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [The silence in the room had width, height, depth, mass and substance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/the-silence-in-the-room-had-width-height-depth-mass-and-substance/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [Was life always like that? she wondered. A game of hide and seek in which you only occasionally found the person you wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/was-life-always-like-that-she-wondered-a-game-of-hide-and-seek-in/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [Isn't it mysterious to begin a new journal like this? I can run my fingers through the fresh clean pages but I cannot guess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/isn-t-it-mysterious-to-begin-a-new-journal-like-this-i-can-run-my/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [“A house with nothing old in it seems - unseasoned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/a-house-with-nothing-old-in-it-seems-unseasoned/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [“...the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say - Mr. Ray, Heaven to Betsy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/the-poorest-guide-you-can-have-in-life-is-what-people-will-say-mr-ray/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [“This was Betsy and Tacy's private corner. Betsy's mother was a great believer in people having private corners, and the piano box was plainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/this-was-betsy-and-tacy-s-private-corner-betsy-s-mother-was-a-great/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [“We have to build our lives out of what materials we have. It's as though we were given a heap of blocks and told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/we-have-to-build-our-lives-out-of-what-materials-we-have-it-s-as/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [Betsy. The great war is on but I hope ours is over. Please come home. Joe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/betsy-the-great-war-is-on-but-i-hope-ours-is-over-please-come-home-joe/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [“You don't grow up, she reasoned now, until you begin to evaluate yourself, to recognize your good traits and acknowledge that you have a…](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/) > [I cannot remember back to a year in which I did not consider myself to be a writer, and the younger I was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/i-cannot-remember-back-to-a-year-in-which-i-did-not-consider-myself/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [“Thoughts are such fleet magic things. Betsy's thoughts swept a wide arc while Uncle Keith read her poem aloud. She thought of Julia learning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/thoughts-are-such-fleet-magic-things-betsy-s-thoughts-swept-a-wide/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/you-might-as-well-learn-right-now-you-two-that-the-poorest-guide-you/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) > [“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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betsy-tacy/maud-hart-lovelace/#itemlist", "name": "7 Betsy-tacy Quotes By Maud Hart Lovelace", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You don't grow up, she reasoned now, until you begin to evaluate yourself, to recognize your good traits and acknowledge that you have a few faults.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maud Hart Lovelace" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/you-don-t-grow-up-she-reasoned-now-until-you-begin-to-evaluate/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_you-don-t-grow-up-she-reasoned-now-until_614597.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_you-don-t-grow-up-she-reasoned-now-until_614597.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_you-don-t-grow-up-she-reasoned-now-until_614597.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You don't grow up, she reasoned now, until you begin to evaluate yourself, to recognize your good traits and…” — Maud Hart Lovelace", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“After Commencement Day, the world!\" Joe said. \"With Betsy.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maud Hart Lovelace" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/after-commencement-day-the-world-joe-said-with-betsy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_after-commencement-day-the-world-joe-sai_779388.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_after-commencement-day-the-world-joe-sai_779388.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_betsy-tacy_after-commencement-day-the-world-joe-sai_779388.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“After Commencement Day, the world!\" Joe said. \"With Betsy.” — Maud Hart Lovelace", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Our lives can hold just so much. 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