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
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
Francie looked at her legs. They were long, slender, and exquisitely molded. She wore the sheerest of flawless silk stockings, and expensively… — Betty Smith Beautiful Copy Share Image
Look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time. — Betty Smith First time Copy Share Image
I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how… — Betty Smith Feels 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 Grow Old Copy Share Image
“Why should I want to cheat you, Mrs. Nolan?” he asked plaintively as he put the money away carefully. “Why should anyone… — Betty Smith Money Copy Share Image
“She read the words over aloud. They sounded like words that came in a can; the freshness was cooked out of them.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to… — Betty Smith Believe 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
But the penciled sheets did not seem like nor smell like the library book so she had given it up, consoling herself… — Betty Smith Book Copy Share Image
“I need someone,” thought Francie desperately. “I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding.… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Education! That was it! It was education that made the difference! Education would pull them out of the grime and dirt.” — Betty Smith Education Copy Share Image
I can never give a 'yes' or a 'no.' I don't believe everything in life can be settled by a monosyllable. — Betty Smith Believe Copy Share Image
“It was the best advice Francie ever got. Truth and fancy were so mixed up in her mind -- as they are… — Betty Smith Psychology 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
“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
A person who pulls himself up from a low environment via the bootstrap route has two choices. Having risen above his environment,… — Betty Smith Behinds Copy Share Image
I hate all those flirty-birty games that women make up. Life's too short. If you ever find a man you love, don't… — Betty Smith Don-t-waste-time Copy Share Image
“When it first appeared, in 1943, it was called, by those critics who liked it, an honest book, and that is accurate… — Betty Smith Books 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
“And the child, Francie Nolan, was of all the Rommelys and all the Nolans. She had the violent weaknesses and passion for… — Betty Smith Bad thing Copy Share Image
“Neeley came home and he and Francie were sent out for the weekend meat. This was an important ritual and called for… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“If there was only one tree like that in the world, you would think it was beautiful,” said Katie. “But because there… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
