“She got herself widowed, divorced, married, and pregnant – all in ten days’ time.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“If I can fix every detail of this time in my mind, I can keep this moment always.” — Betty Smith Future Copy Share Image
“And if twenty cents can make us feel rich, it’s a cheap price to pay.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
A child forgets a time of hunger but never forgets the aching want of other things. — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
“Francie thought that all the books in the world were in that library and she had a plan about reading all the… — Betty Smith Book Copy Share Image
“We're too much alike to understand each other because we don't even understand ourselves.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“You married him. There was something about him that caught your heart. Hang on to that and forget the rest.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
'Dear God,' she prayed, 'let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.' — Betty Smith Beautiful Copy Share Image
I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its… — Betty Smith Brass Copy Share Image
“Why, Mrs McGarrity's all right. Mr McGarrity's all right, too. Only I guess they aren't all right to each other.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
From that moment on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again. — Betty Smith Lonely 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 Copy Share Image
She told Papa about it. He made her stick out her tongue and he felt her wrist. He shook his head sadly… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“If he went around looking into people’s windows like you say, He’d see how things were here; He’d see that it was… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Pipe dreams, he thought to himself, even while he was telling her about his dream winnings. But oh, how wonderful, he thought,… — Betty Smith Dream Copy Share Image
Katie had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter. Johnny had a hankering after immortality which made him a… — Betty Smith Desire 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 Copy Share Image
She went out and took a last long look at the shabby little library. She knew she would never see it again.… — Betty Smith 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 Good sex Copy Share Image
It was a good thing that she got herself into this other school. It showed her that there were other worlds beside… — Betty Smith 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 Compassion Copy Share Image
“Oh, and you must not forget the Kris Kringle. The child must believe in him until she reaches the age of six."… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“He was a baby once. He must have been sweet and clean and his mother kissed his little pink toes. Maybe when… — Betty Smith Children Copy Share Image
“Francie thought that all the books in the world were in that library and she had a plan about reading all the… — Betty Smith Book Copy Share Image
“Filth, filth, filth, from morning to night. I know they're poor but they could wash. Water is free and soap is cheap.… — Betty Smith Better world Copy Share Image
“Growing up spoiled a lot of things. It spoiled the nice game they had when there was nothing to eat in the… — Betty Smith Big things Copy Share Image
“Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants.… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“The tree man eulogized them by screaming, 'And now get the hell out of here with your tree, you lousy bastards.' Francie… — Betty Smith Emotional expression Copy Share Image
Oh, I wish I was young again when everything seemed so wonderful! — Betty Smith Wish Copy Share Image
The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life. — Betty Smith Child Copy Share Image
“Someone has to lose and it's just as apt to be you as the other fellow.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
If you love someone, you'd rather suffer the pain alone to spare them. — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
As long as one can suffer, one is living…live and suffer until life is gone. — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
