Education Quotes by Betty Smith

8 Education quotes by Betty Smith

Betty Smith’s reflections read like a warm novel, each quote a tender moment of learning. This short collection of eight offers a gentle, human entry point for readers who cherish narrative depth.

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“Money! Would that make it better for them? Yes, it would make it easy. But no, the money wouldn't be enough… That…

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“Francie is smart, she thought. She must go to high school and maybe beyond that. She's a learner and she'll be somebody…

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“A free country? they asked. You should live so long. What's free about it, they reasoned, when the law forces you to…

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“Katie stood alone... 'They think this is so good,' he thought. 'They think it's good- the tree they got for nothing and…

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And always, there was the magic of learning things.

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“Education! That was it! It was education that made the difference! Education would pull them out of the grime and dirt.”

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“That’s not the point. It was a shrewd move. Teachers are educating future voters. This teacher, for instance, will always say a…

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It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like pain shot through her head. Education! That was it! It…

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“Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I'll have…

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“Several times that day, the name or thought of Papa had come up. And each time, Francie had felt a flash of tenderness instead…

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As long as one can suffer, one is living…live and suffer until life is gone.

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“Sissy told them they were way behind the times; that midwives were things of the past. Besides, she informed them proudly, she had no…

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“Why, Mrs McGarrity's all right. Mr McGarrity's all right, too. Only I guess they aren't all right to each other.”

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“I drink because I don't stand a chance and I know it. I couldn't drive a truck and I couldn't get on the cops…

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“Pipe dreams, he thought to himself, even while he was telling her about his dream winnings. But oh, how wonderful, he thought, if everything…

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“Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and…

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It takes a lot of doing to die.

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“She sat in the sunshine watching the life on the street and guarding within herself, her own mystery of life.”

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...the reading, the observing, the living from day to day. It was something that had been born into her and her only - the…

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People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up.

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“Hildy O’Dair is old for her age,” she thought. “It’s like powder was sprinkled on her yellow hair. But she’s not much older than…

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“One day they’re babies in buggies and the next day they’re in here taking picks. Kids grow up quick in this neighborhood.”

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“If she never had any lovers, she kicks herself around when the change comes, thinking of all the fun she could have had, didn’t…

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