A-tree-grows-in-brooklyn Quote by Betty Smith Download Open image ““The tears stood in her eyes.”” — Betty Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare A-tree-grows-in-brooklyn Betty-smith
“I looked over at her face. I could see the light from my heartbeat on her tears.” — M.T. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Tears sprang from her eyes and she bit her lip to stop herself from howling at the bright pain.” — Stephen M. Irwin Copy Share Image
“She would never cry where her tears might be seen and counted against her.” — Daniel Woodrell Copy Share Image
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“But when she sat alone her face looked cheerless and forlorn, full of tears waiting patiently to fall.” — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
“Though her eyes had looked drained of every last tear, they flooded again.” — Jonathan Renshaw Copy Share Image
“She wanted to cry but the tears would not come. They seemed to flood her chest, and they were hot tears that burned under… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Tears streamed from her eyes as she looked at the clock, blurred by the flood of moisture that seemed never-ending.” — J.S. Scott Copy Share Image
“She doesn't speak, and I say nothing more. We just stare at each other, letting the tears roll down our cheeks. That's what tears… — Cody McFadyen Copy Share Image
“She was surprised to find that something from deep down in herself welled into her eyes and burned her cheeks: a few poor tears… — François Mauriac 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. I'll have… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Several times that day, the name or thought of Papa had come up. And each time, Francie had felt a flash of tenderness instead… — 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
“Sissy told them they were way behind the times; that midwives were things of the past. Besides, she informed them proudly, she had no… — Betty Smith 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
“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 the cops… — 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, if everything… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“She sat in the sunshine watching the life on the street and guarding within herself, her own mystery of life.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
...the reading, the observing, the living from day to day. It was something that had been born into her and her only - the… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up. — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“But in their secret hearts, each new that it wasn't all right and would never be all right between them again.” — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
