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Life Quotes by Betty Smith
- 'Dear God,' she prayed, 'let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.'
- I can never give a 'yes' or a 'no.' I don't believe everything in life can be settled by a monosyllable.
- All of us are what we have to be and everyone lives the kind of life its in him to live.
- The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.
- 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…
- Well' Francie decided, 'I guess the thing that is giving me this headache is life - and nothing else but'.
- You won't die, Francie. You were born to lick this rotten life.
- Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- ...the reading, the observing, the living from day to day. It was something that had been born into her and her only - the something…
- 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…
- I came to a clear conclusion, and it is a universal one: To live, to struggle, to be in love with life--in love with all…
- Francie looked at her legs. They were long, slender, and exquisitely molded. She wore the sheerest of flawless silk stockings, and expensively made high-heeled pumps…
- 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…
- 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…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle