But this tree in the yard-this tree that men chopped down...this tree that they built a bonfire around, trying to burn up… — Betty Smith Bonfire Copy Share Image
“Some day I'll fool you, Mama. I'll do what I think is right for me and it might not be right in… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“So she learned ways of conserving bits of seconds. Long before the train ground to a stop at her station, she pushed… — Betty Smith Fitness Copy Share Image
“Johnny had been on earth for thirty-four years. Less than a week ago, he walked on those streets. And now the cup,… — Betty Smith Nature Copy Share Image
“Katie stood alone... 'They think this is so good,' he thought. 'They think it's good- the tree they got for nothing and… — Betty Smith Better way Copy Share Image
Is it not so that a son what is bad to his mother is bad to his wife? — Betty Smith Marriage Copy Share Image
She had had the pain; it had been like being boiled alive in scalding oil and not being able to die to… — Betty Smith Able Copy Share Image
“Who'd ever guess," said Francie, ¨looking at the outside of him, that he was so different inside?¨” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
I came to a clear conclusion, and it is a universal one: To live, to struggle, to be in love with life--in… — Betty Smith Clear Copy Share Image
“They came together, they loved and they married. In innocence, and never dreaming how courageous they were, they started a new life… — Betty Smith Life Copy Share Image
“She looked at the nurse. To Francie, all women were mamas like her own mother and Aunt Sissy and Aunt Evy. She… — Betty Smith Compassion Copy Share Image
“A woman, big with child, sat patiently at the curb in a stiff wooden chair. She sat in the hot sunshine watching… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
I know that's what people say-- you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, youll… — Betty Smith Fall in love Copy Share Image
“If He’s so great, why didn’t He help Papa instead of punishing him like you said?” “I just said maybe.” “If God… — Betty Smith Too busy Copy Share Image
“She adapted herself to the split-second rhythm of the New Yorker going to and from work. Getting to the office was a… — Betty Smith Bad mood Copy Share Image
And that's where the whole trouble is. We're too much alike to understand each other because we don't even understand our own… — Betty Smith Self 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 Children Copy Share Image
Everything, decided Francie after that first lecture, was vibrant with life and there was no death in chemistry. She was puzzled as… — Betty Smith Chemistry Copy Share Image
“But he refused to answer when addressed in English and forbade the speaking of English in his home. His daughters understood very… — Betty Smith Known People Copy Share Image
“She loved the library and was anxious to worship the lady in charge. But the librarian had other things on her mind.… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
All my life I've been lonely. I've been lonely at crowded parties. I've been lonely in the middle of kissing a girl… — Betty Smith Camps Copy Share Image
“Somehow, good talking had gotten tied up with good sex in his mind. He wanted a woman to talk to, one to… — Betty Smith Intimacy Copy Share Image
Oh, I wish I was young again when everything seemed so wonderful! — Betty Smith Wish Copy Share Image
“Everything was changing. Francie was in a panic. Her world was slipping away from her and what would take its place? Still,… — Betty Smith Bible Copy Share Image
