--- title: "4 Neighborhood Quotes By Betty Smith" description: "4 Neighborhood quotes by Betty Smith. Plus more from Betty Smith and more Neighborhood sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/betty-smith-1012_child_the-neighborhood-stores-are-an-important_546700.png" --- > [The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/the-neighborhood-stores-are-an-important-part-of-a-city-child-s-life/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/betty-smith-1012_child_the-neighborhood-stores-are-an-important_546700.png) > [“Kids grow up quick in this neighborhood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/kids-grow-up-quick-in-this-neighborhood/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/betty-smith-1012_children_kids-grow-up-quick-in-this-neighborhood_1317699.png) > [“The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life. They are his contact with the supplies that keep life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/the-neighborhood-stores-are-an-important-part-of-a-city-child-s-life-2/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/betty-smith-1012_beauty_the-neighborhood-stores-are-an-important_2364547.png) > [You took a walk on a Sunday afternoon and came to a nice neighborhood, very refined. You saw a small one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/you-took-a-walk-on-a-sunday-afternoon-and-came-to-a-nice-neighborhood/) [Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cb/betty-smith-1012_afternoon_you-took-a-walk-on-a-sunday-afternoon-an_2552728.jpg) ## Other authors on Neighborhood - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rodney-dangerfield-80610.jpg) Rodney Dangerfield 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/rodney-dangerfield/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wendell-berry-94730.jpg) Wendell Berry 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/wendell-berry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-fred-rogers-36077.jpg) Fred Rogers 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/fred-rogers/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-x-62876.jpg) Malcolm X 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/malcolm-x/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-carlin-37578.jpg) George Carlin 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/george-carlin/) - [Sharon Zukin 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/sharon-zukin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-byrne-47075.jpg) Jane Byrne 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/jane-byrne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ice-cube-43040.jpg) Ice Cube 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/ice-cube/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neighborhood/george-w-bush/) ## 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/neighborhood/betty-smith/#itemlist", "name": "4 Neighborhood Quotes By Betty Smith", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Betty Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/the-neighborhood-stores-are-an-important-part-of-a-city-child-s-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/betty-smith-1012_child_the-neighborhood-stores-are-an-important_546700.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/betty-smith-1012_child_the-neighborhood-stores-are-an-important_546700.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afc/betty-smith-1012_child_the-neighborhood-stores-are-an-important_546700.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.” — Betty Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Kids grow up quick in this neighborhood.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Betty Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/kids-grow-up-quick-in-this-neighborhood/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/betty-smith-1012_children_kids-grow-up-quick-in-this-neighborhood_1317699.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/betty-smith-1012_children_kids-grow-up-quick-in-this-neighborhood_1317699.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/betty-smith-1012_children_kids-grow-up-quick-in-this-neighborhood_1317699.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Kids grow up quick in this neighborhood.” — Betty Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life. 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