Time Quotes by Betty Smith

From that moment on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again.

— Betty Smith

“Last time of anything has the poignancy of death itself”

— Betty Smith

Oh time...time, pass so that I forget! Oh time, Great Healer, pass over me and let me forget.

— Betty Smith

“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or the last time.”

— Betty Smith

A child forgets a time of hunger but never forgets the aching want of other things.

— Betty Smith

“She got herself widowed, divorced, married, and pregnant – all in ten days’ time.”

— Betty Smith

“If I can fix every detail of this time in my mind, I can keep this moment always.”

— Betty Smith

“And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.”

— Betty Smith

We'll leave now, so that this moment will remain a perfect memory...let it be our song and think of me every time…

— Betty Smith

I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how…

— Betty Smith

From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of…

— Betty Smith

Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on…

— Betty Smith

Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth…

— Betty Smith

“What had granma Mary Rommely said? "To look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or…

— Betty Smith

“Then I've been drunk, too," admitted Francie. "On beer?" "No. Last spring, in McCarren's Park, I saw a tulip for the first…

— Betty Smith

“A small child has little idea of the future. Next week is as far ahead as his future stretches and the year…

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“If I open this envelope fifty years from now, I will be again as I am now and there will be no…

— Betty Smith

“Francie always remembered what that kind teacher told her. “You know, Francie, a lot of people would think that these stories that…

— Betty Smith

“It was the best advice Francie ever got. Truth and fancy were so mixed up in her mind -- as they are…

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“Remember Joanna. Remember Joanna. Francie could never forget her. From that time on, remembering the stoning women, she hated women. She feared…

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Someday you'll remember what I said and you'll thank me for it." Francie wished adults would stop telling her that. Already the…

— Betty Smith

“You know, a lot of people would think that these stories that you're making up all the time were terrible lies because…

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“Her time has come," answered Miss Lizzie. "That's why I didn't marry Harvey - long ago when he asked me. I was…

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It was the last time she’d see the river from that window. The last time of anything has the poignancy of death…

— Betty Smith

“Joanna. Remember Joanna. Francie could never forget her. From that time on, remembering the stoning women, she hated women. She feared them…

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“She wasn’t satisfied with the play she saw the following Saturday, either. All right. The long-lost lover came home just in time…

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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…

— Betty Smith

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

— Betty Smith

“From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of…

— Betty Smith

“Francie went over to stand at the great window from which she could see the East River twenty stories below. It was…

— Betty Smith

It's come at last," she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache. When there wasn't…

— 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…

— Betty Smith

Look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time.

— Betty Smith

“From that time on, the world was hers for the reading.”

— Betty Smith

“In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself the way you think…

— Betty Smith

Occasionally there is a moment in a person's life when he takes a great stride forward in wisdom, humility, or disillusionment. For…

— Betty Smith

“What is the difference between happiness and contentment?" “Well, happy is like when somebody gives you a big hunk of something wonderful…

— Betty Smith

In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself the way you think…

— Betty Smith