This could be a whole life," she thought. "You work eight hours a day covering wires to earn money to buy food… — Betty Smith Born Copy Share Image
“When Francie brought a ticket and a dime back and pushed them across the counter, he gave her the wrapped shirt and… — Betty Smith Magnifying glass Copy Share Image
She was surprised at how tiny the school seemed now. She supposed it was just as big as it had ever been… — Betty Smith Bigger Copy Share Image
“He talked about democracy and good citizenship and about a good world where everyone did the best he could for the common… — Betty Smith Common good Copy Share Image
“Remember Joanna. Remember Joanna. Francie could never forget her. From that time on, remembering the stoning women, she hated women. She feared… — Betty Smith Time Copy Share Image
They learned no compassion from their own anguish. thus their suffering was wasted. — Betty Smith Anguish Copy Share Image
“Was that a bad lady, Papa?" she asked eagerly. No." But she looked bad." There are very few bad people. There are… — Betty Smith Bad people Copy Share Image
Those were the Rommely women: Mary, the mother, Evy, Sissy, and Katie, her daughters, and Francie, who would grow up to be… — Betty Smith Creatures Copy Share Image
“Joanna. Remember Joanna. Francie could never forget her. From that time on, remembering the stoning women, she hated women. She feared them… — Betty Smith Time Copy Share Image
“This is the book, then, and the book of Shakespeare. And every day you must read a page of each to your… — Betty Smith Book Copy Share Image
“Each day, as she passed the house whose number she claimed, she looked at it with gratitude and affection. On windy days,… — Betty Smith Love Copy Share Image
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 Memories Copy Share Image
“And the sleds! (Or, as the Williamsburg children called them, the sleighs.) There was a child’s dream of heaven come true! A… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
“The one tree in Francie’s yard was neither a pine nor a hemlock. It had pointed leaves which grew along green switches… — Betty Smith Poor people Copy Share Image
“From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of… — Betty Smith Books Copy Share Image
“And if twenty cents can make us feel rich, it’s a cheap price to pay.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“I believe in the Lord, Jesus Christ, and His Mother, Holy Mary. Jesus was a living baby once. He went bare-footed like… — Betty Smith Believe in god Copy Share Image
“In the winter, when the first snow was too delicate to last on the sidewalks, it clung to the rough surface of… — Betty Smith First snow Copy Share Image
“A song that Johnny sang once,” explained Katie. As Francie wrote the name, she heard the chords; she heard her father singing,… — Betty Smith Better world Copy Share Image
“I don't know. Sometimes I think it's better to suffer bitter unhappiness and to fight and to scream out, and even to… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“you’ll always come out all right – no matter what. You’re like me that way.’ And that’s where the whole trouble is,”… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“She went to the public school that the three youngest girls attended and in halting English told the teacher that the children… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
Brooklyn was a dream. All the things that happened there just couldn't happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all… — Betty Smith Brooklyn Copy Share Image
“Before school, there had to be vaccination. That was the law. How it was dreaded! When the health authorities tried to explain… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
“You must learn to take a joke, Francie, otherwise life will be pretty hard on you.” — Betty Smith Life Copy Share Image
