As she read, at peace with the world and happy as only a little girl could be with a fine book and a little bowl of candy, and all alone in the house, the leaf shadows shifted and the afternoon passed.
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
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.
In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character. - Betty Smith
In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character.
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…
Books became her friends, and there was one for every mood. - Betty Smith
Books became her friends, and there was one for every mood.
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…
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.
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