Best Betty Smith Quotations
- 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 selves. Alike
- The difference between rich and poor", said Francie, "is that the poor do everything with thier own hands and the rich hire hands to do… Difference
- I'll not punish you for having an imagination. Funny
- She told Papa about it. He made her stick out her tongue and he felt her wrist. He shook his head sadly and said, "You… Bad
- She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much. Accustomed
- It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good… All
- Did you ever see so many pee-wee hats, Carl?" "They're beanies." "They call them pee-wees in Brooklyn." "But I'm not in Brooklyn." "But you're still… Ah
- Books became her friends, and there was one for every mood. Became
- Intolerance is a thing that causes war, pogroms, crucifixions, lynchings, and makes people cruel to little children and each other. It is responsible for most… Breaking
- Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. Somber as a word was better. But it… Afternoon
- Brooklyn was a dream. All the things that happened there just couldn't happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all real and true… All
- I never listen to what people tell me and I can't read. The only way I know what is right and wrong is the way… Bad
- Everything, decided Francie after that first lecture, was vibrant with life and there was no death in chemistry. She was puzzled as to why learned… Adopt
- Well, there's a little bit of man in every woman and a little bit of woman in every man. Bit
- How much do they be paying you?" he asked mellowly. "The usual salary. A little more than they think I'm worth and a little less… Asked
- A person who pulls himself up from a low environment via the bootstrap route has two choices. Having risen above his environment, he can forget… Behind
- Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled… Earth
- People always think that happiness is a faraway thing, something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up; a place… Alone