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From Quotes by Betty Smith
- She was made up of more, too. She was the books she read in the library. She was the flower in the brown bowl. Part…
- It was the last time she’d see the river from that window. The last time of anything has the poignancy of death itself. This that…
- 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…
- ...the reading, the observing, the living from day to day. It was something that had been born into her and her only - the something…
- 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…
- They learned no compassion from their own anguish. thus their suffering was wasted.
- It's come at last," she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache. When there wasn't enough food in…
- From that moment on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again.
- She went out and took a last long look at the shabby little library. She knew she would never see it again. Eyes changed after…
- 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…
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