--- title: "7 Last time Quotes By Betty Smith" description: "7 Last time quotes by Betty Smith. Plus more from Betty Smith and more Last time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/betty-smith-1012_glory_what-had-granma-mary-rommely-said-to-loo_767316.png" --- > [“What had granma Mary Rommely said? "To look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/what-had-granma-mary-rommely-said-to-look-at-everything-always-as/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/betty-smith-1012_glory_what-had-granma-mary-rommely-said-to-loo_767316.png) > [“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or the last time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/look-at-everything-as-though-you-were-seeing-it-either-for-the-first/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/betty-smith-1012_last-time_look-at-everything-as-though-you-were-se_1045569.png) > [It was the last time she’d see the river from that window. The last time of anything has the poignancy of death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/it-was-the-last-time-she-d-see-the-river-from-that-window-the-last/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/betty-smith-1012_death_it-was-the-last-time-she-d-see-the-river_1430886.png) > [Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/look-at-everything-always-as-though-you-were-seeing-it-either-for-the/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/betty-smith-1012_earth_look-at-everything-always-as-though-you_1743701.png) > [“Last time of anything has the poignancy of death itself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/last-time-of-anything-has-the-poignancy-of-death-itself/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/betty-smith-1012_death_last-time-of-anything-has-the-poignancy_2123186.png) > [“Francie went over to stand at the great window from which she could see the East River twenty stories below. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/francie-went-over-to-stand-at-the-great-window-from-which-she-could/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7e/betty-smith-1012_every-day_francie-went-over-to-stand-at-the-great_3175545.png) > [Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/look-at-everything-as-though-you-were-seeing-it-for-the-first-time-or/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4f/betty-smith-1012_first-time_look-at-everything-as-though-you-were-se_3207262.png) ## Other authors on Last time ## More by Betty Smith > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/yes-when-i-get-big-and-have-my-own-home-no-plush-chairs-and-lace/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [“Several times that day, the name or thought of Papa had come up. And each time, Francie had felt a flash of tenderness instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/several-times-that-day-the-name-or-thought-of-papa-had-come-up-and/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [As long as one can suffer, one is living…live and suffer until life is gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/as-long-as-one-can-suffer-one-is-living-live-and-suffer-until-life-is/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [“Sissy told them they were way behind the times; that midwives were things of the past. Besides, she informed them proudly, she had no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/sissy-told-them-they-were-way-behind-the-times-that-midwives-were/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [“Why, Mrs McGarrity's all right. Mr McGarrity's all right, too. Only I guess they aren't all right to each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/why-mrs-mcgarrity-s-all-right-mr-mcgarrity-s-all-right-too-only-i/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/i-drink-because-i-don-t-stand-a-chance-and-i-know-it-i-couldn-t-drive/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [“Pipe dreams, he thought to himself, even while he was telling her about his dream winnings. But oh, how wonderful, he thought, if everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/pipe-dreams-he-thought-to-himself-even-while-he-was-telling-her-about/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [“Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/who-wants-to-die-everything-struggles-to-live-look-at-that-tree/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [It takes a lot of doing to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/it-takes-a-lot-of-doing-to-die/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [“She sat in the sunshine watching the life on the street and guarding within herself, her own mystery of life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/she-sat-in-the-sunshine-watching-the-life-on-the-street-and-guarding/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [...the reading, the observing, the living from day to day. It was something that had been born into her and her only - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/the-reading-the-observing-the-living-from-day-to-day-it-was-something/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/people-always-think-that-happiness-is-a-faraway-thing-something/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/hildy-o-dair-is-old-for-her-age-she-thought-it-s-like-powder-was/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [“One day they’re babies in buggies and the next day they’re in here taking picks. Kids grow up quick in this neighborhood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/one-day-they-re-babies-in-buggies-and-the-next-day-they-re-in-here/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/if-she-never-had-any-lovers-she-kicks-herself-around-when-the-change/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/last-time/betty-smith/#itemlist", "name": "7 Last time Quotes By Betty Smith", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What had granma Mary Rommely said? \"To look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Betty Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/what-had-granma-mary-rommely-said-to-look-at-everything-always-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/betty-smith-1012_glory_what-had-granma-mary-rommely-said-to-loo_767316.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/betty-smith-1012_glory_what-had-granma-mary-rommely-said-to-loo_767316.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/betty-smith-1012_glory_what-had-granma-mary-rommely-said-to-loo_767316.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What had granma Mary Rommely said? \"To look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the…” — Betty Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or the last time.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Betty Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/look-at-everything-as-though-you-were-seeing-it-either-for-the-first/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/betty-smith-1012_last-time_look-at-everything-as-though-you-were-se_1045569.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/betty-smith-1012_last-time_look-at-everything-as-though-you-were-se_1045569.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/betty-smith-1012_last-time_look-at-everything-as-though-you-were-se_1045569.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or the last time.” — Betty Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was the last time she’d see the river from that window. 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