“Oh, magic hour when a child first knows it can read printed words! For quite a while, Francie had been spelling out… — Betty Smith Books Copy Share Image
“Sissy had two great failings. She was a great lover and a great mother. She had so much of tenderness in her,… — Betty Smith Agape Copy Share Image
“A terrible panic that had no name came over her as she realized that many of the sweet babies in the world… — Betty Smith Old man Copy Share Image
“Francie of course became an outsider shunned by all because of her stench. But she had grown accustomed to being lonely. She… — Betty Smith Walking alone Copy Share Image
The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life. — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
Suffering is also good, it makes a person rich in charachter. — Betty Smith Character Copy Share Image
“Although Katie had this same flair for coloring an incident and Johnny himself lived in a half-dream world, yet they tried to… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
“She had born a child but two hours ago. She was so weak that she couldn't lift her head an inch from… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
“Why can't they," she thought bitterly, "just give the doll away without saying I am poor and she is rich? Why couldn't… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
A child forgets a time of hunger but never forgets the aching want of other things. — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think it's better to suffer bitter unhappiness and to fight and to scream out, and even to suffer that terrible… — Betty Smith Bitter Copy Share Image
“How’d you know it was a tulip if you’d never seen one?” “I’d seen pictures. Well, when I looked at it, the… — Betty Smith Flowers Copy Share Image
“The spare Tynmore spinsters lay in their hard virginal bed. They groped for each other’s hands. “Did you hear it, Sister?” asked… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“May I have this damaged bunch for two cents? Speak strongly and it shall be yours for two cents. That is a… — Betty Smith Long island Copy Share Image
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 Breaths Copy Share Image
“Money! Would that make it better for them? Yes, it would make it easy. But no, the money wouldn't be enough… That… — Betty Smith Education Copy Share Image
“And that’s where the whole trouble is,” thought Francie. “We’re too much alike to understand each other because we don’t even understand… — Betty Smith Different person Copy Share Image
How much do they be paying you?" he asked mellowly. "The usual salary. A little more than they think I'm worth and… — Betty Smith Littles Copy Share Image
“Now his children are getting old too, like him, and they have children and nobody wants the old man any more and… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when you had nothing at all and it was raining and you were alone in the flat, it was wonderful to… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“I don’t know,” Miss Lizzie said. “Sometimes I think it’s better to suffer bitter unhappiness and to fight and to scream out,… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“All she’d notice was that some things were strange because they reminded her of Brooklyn and that other things were strange because… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
