“You're not to cry for him,' ordered Mama. Her next words had no sense either. 'He's out of it now and maybe… — Betty Smith Mama 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 Heart 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
Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on… — Betty Smith Earth 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
“When night draws back the curtain, And pins it with a star, Remember you are still my friend, Though you may wander… — Betty Smith Friendship 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
I want to live for something. I don't want to live to get charity food to give me enough strength to go… — Betty Smith Charity 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 Selves Copy Share Image
No matter where its seed fell, it made a tree which struggled to reach the sky. It grew in boarded-up lots and… — Betty Smith Cement Copy Share Image
“She loved books. She loved them with her senses and her intellect. They way they looked and smelled; the way they felt… — Betty Smith Book 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
“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 Buried Copy Share Image
“Frances Nolan, age 15 years and 4 months. April 6, 1917. She thought: “If I open this envelope fifty years from now,… — Betty Smith Dear god 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
There is here, what is not in the old country. In spite of hard, unfamiliar things, there is here - hope. In… — Betty Smith Carpenter Copy Share Image
“Going home in the trolley, Francie held the shoebox in her lap because Mama had no lap now. Francie thought deep thoughts… — Betty Smith Deep thought Copy Share Image
“If what Granma Mary Rommely said is true, then it must be that no one ever dies, really. Papa is gone, but… — Betty Smith 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
“For quite a while, Francie had been spelling out letters, sounding them and then putting the sounds together to mean a word.… — Betty Smith Language Copy Share Image
“Even the minstrels who came in the back yards and sang "If I had my way, You would never grow old" were… — Betty Smith Minstrels Copy Share Image
“This could be a whole life," she thought. "You work eight hours a day covering wires to earn money to buy food… — Betty Smith Life Copy Share Image
“Mama made the coach stop at a barber shop around the corner from their house. 'Go in there,' she told Francie, 'and… — Betty Smith Around the corner Copy Share Image
People looking up at her--at her smooth pretty vivacious face--had no way of knowing about the painfully articulated resolves formulating in her… — Betty Smith Face Copy Share Image
“It was one of the links between the ground-down poor and the wasteful rich. The girl felt that even if she had… — Betty Smith Money Copy Share Image
“people always think that happiness is a far away thing, something complicated and hard to get. yet, little things can make it… — Betty Smith Contentment Copy Share Image
“Spring came early that year and the sweet warm nights made her restless. She walked up and down the streets and through… — Betty Smith Spring Copy Share Image
“When she thought she was nearly finished, she noticed that the next shelf started up again with Browne. After that came Browning.… — Betty Smith Adventure Copy Share Image
Because the child must have a valuable thing which is called imagination. The child must have a secret world in which live… — Betty Smith Believe Copy Share Image
“Francie had heard swearing since she had heard words. Obscenity and profanity had no meaning as such among those people. They were… — Betty Smith Emotion Copy Share Image
“They had grown out of childhood in the last few days. Christmas as Christmas had passed unnoticed since their father had died… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
“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 Better life 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
It's a beautiful religion and I wish I understood it more. No, I don't want to understand it all. It's beautiful because… — Betty Smith Beautiful Copy Share Image
“She learned of the class system of a great Democracy. She was puzzled and hurt by teacher’s attitude. Obviously the teacher hated… — Betty Smith Stick together Copy Share Image
