If there was only one tree like that in the world, you would think it was beautiful. But because there are so… — Betty Smith Beautiful Copy Share Image
“The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life. They are his contact with the supplies that keep life… — Betty Smith Beauty Copy Share Image
“He fussed and argued and finally went away saying he’d bring back the deed. Mama sent Francie over to Sissy’s house to… — Betty Smith Years ago Copy Share Image
“School days went along. Some were made up of meanness, brutality, and heartbreak; others were bright and beautiful because of Miss Bernstone… — Betty Smith Learning Copy Share Image
“The Nolan's just could't get enough of life. They lived their own lives up to the hilt but that wasn't enough. They… — Betty Smith Life Copy Share Image
“she read, at peace with the world and happy as only a little girl could be with a fine book and a… — Betty Smith Books Copy Share Image
“Our family used to be like this strong cup,” thought Francie. “It was whole and sound and held things well. When papa… — Betty Smith Family Copy Share Image
“Part of her life was made from the tree growing rankly in the yard. She was the bitter quarrels she had with… — Betty Smith Life Copy Share Image
“The child must have a valuable thing which Is called imagination. The child must have a secret world in which live things… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
“No, Katie never fumbled. When she used her beautifully shaped but worn-looking hands, she used them with surety, whether it was to… — Betty Smith Right hand Copy Share Image
“Isn't hot coffee a wonderful thing? How did people get along before it was invented?” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“You must teach the child of the signs that come to the women of our family when there is trouble and death… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character. — Betty Smith Character Copy Share Image
“Let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me… — Betty Smith Being truthful Copy Share Image
“You married him. There was something about him that caught your heart. Hang on to that and forget the rest.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“All the things that happened there just couldn’t happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all real and true and… — Betty Smith Dreams Copy Share Image
“After Election, the politicians forgot their promises and enjoyed an earned rest until New Year, when they started work on the next… — Betty Smith Democracy Copy Share Image
Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words. — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
“I think it's good that people like us can waste something once in a while and get the feeling of how it… — Betty Smith Money Copy Share Image
“You'll never raise that one,' they told her. 'Her color ain't good. If the good Lord takes her, it will be for… — Betty Smith Katierommely Copy Share Image
You took a walk on a Sunday afternoon and came to a nice neighborhood, very refined. You saw a small one of… — Betty Smith Afternoon Copy Share Image
“Katie! Don't nag! All of us are what we have to be and everyone lives the life it's in him to live.” — Betty Smith Life Copy Share Image
“When the children were ready to go to bed, Katie did something very unusual. It was unusual because she was not a… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
