And you must tell the child the legends I told you - as my mother told them to me and her mother to her. You must tell the fairy tales of the old country. You must tell of those not of the earth who live forever in the hearts of the people.
Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words. - Betty Smith
Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.
- Betty Smith
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 life holds, joyful or sorrow… - Betty Smith
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 life holds, joyful or sorrow…
The world was hers for the reading. - Betty Smith
The world was hers for the reading.
Those were the Rommely women: Mary, the mother, Evy, Sissy, and Katie, her daughters, and Francie, who would grow up to be a Rommely woman even thoug… - Betty Smith
Those were the Rommely women: Mary, the mother, Evy, Sissy, and Katie, her daughters, and Francie, who would grow up to be a Rommely woman even thoug…
As long as one can suffer, one is living....live and suffer until life is gone. - Betty Smith
As long as one can suffer, one is living....live and suffer until life is gone.
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
People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up.
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 too. It fattens the emotions… - Betty Smith
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 too. It fattens the emotions…
Books became her friends, and there was one for every mood. - Betty Smith
Books became her friends, and there was one for every mood.
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 and was it that sh… - Betty Smith
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 and was it that sh…
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