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Betty Smith Quotes

The difference between rich and poor is that the poor do everything with their own hands and the rich hire hands to do things Picture Quote #1

All of us are what we have to be and everyone lives the kind of life its in him to live Picture Quote #1

Francie was ten years old when she first found an outlet in writing. What she wrote was of little consequence. What was important was that the attempt to write stories kept her straight on the dividing line between truth and fiction. If she had not found this outlet in writing, she might have grown up to be a tremendous liar Picture Quote #1

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 it; or, he can rise above it and never forget it and keep compassion and understanding in his heart for those he has left behind him in the cruel upclimb Picture Quote #1

Well, there’s a little bit of man in every woman and a little bit of woman in every man Picture Quote #1

I never listen to what people tell me and I can’t read. The only way I know what is right and wrong is the way I feel about things. If I feel bad, it’s wrong. If I feel good, it’s right Picture Quote #1

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Intolerance is a thing that causes war, pogroms, crucifixions, lynchings, and makes people cruel to little children and each other. It is responsible for most of the viciousness, violence, terror, and heart and soul breaking of the world Picture Quote #1

Because the child must have a valuable thing which is called imagination. The child must have a secret world in which live things that never were. It is necessary that she believe. She must start out believing in things not of this world. Then when the world becomes too ugly for living in, the child can reach back and live in her imagination Picture Quote #1

There are very few bad people. There are just a lot of people that are unlucky Picture Quote #1

I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful Picture Quote #1

Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory Picture Quote #1

No. I don’t want to need anybody. I want someone to need me... I want someone to need me Picture Quote #1

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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 I see now, she thought, to see no more this way. Oh, the last time how clearly you see everything; as though a magnifying light had been turned on it. And you grieve because you hadn’t held it tighter when you had it every day Picture Quote #1

People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up Picture Quote #1

I want to live for something. I don’t want to live to get charity food to give me enough strength to go back to get more charity food Picture Quote #1

There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it’s flashing glory Picture Quote #1

She was surprised at how tiny the school seemed now. She supposed it was just as big as it had ever been only her eyes had grown used to looking at bigger things Picture Quote #1

She had had the pain; it had been like being boiled alive in scalding oil and not being able to die to get free of it Picture Quote #1

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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 little piece of living is ever lost Picture Quote #1

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 lonely at camp with hundreds of fellows around. But now I’m not lonely any more Picture Quote #1

We’ll leave now, so that this moment will remain a perfect memory... let it be our song and think of me every time you hear it Picture Quote #1

The library was a little old shaby place. Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good as the feeling she had about church. She pushed open the door and went in. She liked the cmbined smell of worn leather bindings, library past and freshly inked stamping pads better than she liked the smell of burning incense at high mass Picture Quote #1

Katie had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter. Johnny had a hankering after immortality which made him a useless dreamer. And that was the great difference between these two who loved each other so well Picture Quote #1

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 and makes them to stretch. When as a woman life and people disappoint her, she will have had practice in disappointment and it will not come so hard. In teaching your child do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character Picture Quote #1

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It was a good thing that she got herself into this other school. It showed her that there were other worlds beside the world she had been born into and that these other worlds were not unattainable Picture Quote #1

It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like pain shot through her head. Education! That was it! It was education that made the difference! Education would pull them ut of the grame and dirt Picture Quote #1

I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how I feel at a time like now. And the understanding must be part of the holding Picture Quote #1

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 became her friends and there was one for every mood Picture Quote #1

A lie was something you told because you were mean or a coward. A story was something you made up out of something that might have happened. Only you didn’t tell it like it was, you told it like you thought it should have been Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I think it’s better to suffer bitter unhappiness and to fight and to scream out, and even to suffer that terrible pain, than to just be... safe. At least she knows she’s living Picture Quote #1

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The difference between rich and poor is that the poor do everything with their own hands and the rich hire hands to do things (Betty Smith Quotes) All of us are what we have to be and everyone lives the kind of life its in him to live (Betty Smith Quotes) Francie was ten years old when she first found an outlet in writing. What she wrote was of little consequence. What was important was that the attempt to write stories kept her straight on the dividing line between truth and fiction. If she had not found this outlet in writing, she might have grown up to be a tremendous liar (Betty Smith Quotes) 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 it; or, he can rise above it and never forget it and keep compassion and understanding in his heart for those he has left behind him in the cruel upclimb (Betty Smith Quotes) Well, there’s a little bit of man in every woman and a little bit of woman in every man (Betty Smith Quotes) I never listen to what people tell me and I can’t read. The only way I know what is right and wrong is the way I feel about things. If I feel bad, it’s wrong. If I feel good, it’s right (Betty Smith Quotes) Intolerance is a thing that causes war, pogroms, crucifixions, lynchings, and makes people cruel to little children and each other. It is responsible for most of the viciousness, violence, terror, and heart and soul breaking of the world (Betty Smith Quotes) Because the child must have a valuable thing which is called imagination. The child must have a secret world in which live things that never were. It is necessary that she believe. She must start out believing in things not of this world. Then when the world becomes too ugly for living in, the child can reach back and live in her imagination (Betty Smith Quotes) There are very few bad people. There are just a lot of people that are unlucky (Betty Smith Quotes) I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful (Betty Smith Quotes) Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory (Betty Smith Quotes) No. I don’t want to need anybody. I want someone to need me... I want someone to need me (Betty Smith Quotes) 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 I see now, she thought, to see no more this way. Oh, the last time how clearly you see everything; as though a magnifying light had been turned on it. And you grieve because you hadn’t held it tighter when you had it every day (Betty Smith Quotes) 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 Quotes) I want to live for something. I don’t want to live to get charity food to give me enough strength to go back to get more charity food (Betty Smith Quotes) There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it’s flashing glory (Betty Smith Quotes) She was surprised at how tiny the school seemed now. She supposed it was just as big as it had ever been only her eyes had grown used to looking at bigger things (Betty Smith Quotes) She had had the pain; it had been like being boiled alive in scalding oil and not being able to die to get free of it (Betty Smith Quotes) 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 little piece of living is ever lost (Betty Smith Quotes) 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 lonely at camp with hundreds of fellows around. But now I’m not lonely any more (Betty Smith Quotes) We’ll leave now, so that this moment will remain a perfect memory... let it be our song and think of me every time you hear it (Betty Smith Quotes) The library was a little old shaby place. Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good as the feeling she had about church. She pushed open the door and went in. She liked the cmbined smell of worn leather bindings, library past and freshly inked stamping pads better than she liked the smell of burning incense at high mass (Betty Smith Quotes) Katie had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter. Johnny had a hankering after immortality which made him a useless dreamer. And that was the great difference between these two who loved each other so well (Betty Smith Quotes) 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 and makes them to stretch. When as a woman life and people disappoint her, she will have had practice in disappointment and it will not come so hard. In teaching your child do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character (Betty Smith Quotes) It was a good thing that she got herself into this other school. It showed her that there were other worlds beside the world she had been born into and that these other worlds were not unattainable (Betty Smith Quotes) It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like pain shot through her head. Education! That was it! It was education that made the difference! Education would pull them ut of the grame and dirt (Betty Smith Quotes) I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how I feel at a time like now. And the understanding must be part of the holding (Betty Smith Quotes) 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 became her friends and there was one for every mood (Betty Smith Quotes) A lie was something you told because you were mean or a coward. A story was something you made up out of something that might have happened. Only you didn’t tell it like it was, you told it like you thought it should have been (Betty Smith Quotes) Sometimes I think it’s better to suffer bitter unhappiness and to fight and to scream out, and even to suffer that terrible pain, than to just be... safe. At least she knows she’s living (Betty Smith Quotes)

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