Best Betty Smith Quotes
- This could be a whole life," she thought. "You work eight hours a day covering wires to earn money to buy food and to pay… Born
- I want to live for something. I don't want to live to get charity food to give me enough strength to go back to get… Charity
- Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing. Cost
- There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it's flashing glory. Background
- She was surprised at how tiny the school seemed now. She supposed it was just as big as it had ever been only her eyes… Been
- She had had the pain; it had been like being boiled alive in scalding oil and not being able to die to get free of… Able
- Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words. Child
- Let me be something every minute of every hour of my life...And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one… All
- 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 and I've been… All
- New York! I've always wanted to see it and now I've see it. It's true what they say-- it's the most wonderful city in the… Always Wanted
- We'll leave now, so that this moment will remain a perfect memory...let it be our song and think of me every time you hear it. Every Time
- 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 be happy again,… Every Time
- The library was a little old shaby place. Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good as the feeling… Beautiful
- Mother, I am young. Mother, I am just eighteen. I am strong. I will work hard, Mother. But I do not want this child to… Able
- Katie had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter. Johnny had a hankering after immortality which made him a useless dreamer. And… Desire
- And always, there was the magic of learning things. Funny
- There are very few bad people. There are just a lot of people that are unlucky. Bad
- It was a good thing that she got herself into this other school. It showed her that there were other worlds beside the world she… Been
- It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like pain shot through her head. Education! That was it! It was education that… Astonishment
- I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how I feel at… Close
- 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 waste time hanging… All
- ...the reading, the observing, the living from day to day. It was something that had been born into her and her only - the something… Alike
- From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books… Became
- A lie was something you told because you were mean or a coward. A story was something you made up out of something that might… Been
- But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better. Better