Quotes by : Betty Smith

Because," explained Mary Rommely simply, "the child must have a valuable thing which is called imagination.....

...May I have this damaged bunch for two cents? Speak strongly and it shall be yours for two cents. That....

Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let....

But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe....

Did you ever see so many pee-wee hats, Carl?""They're beanies.""They call them pee-wees in Brooklyn.""But....

I know that's what people say-- you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know it's not true. Oh, youll....

Francie, huddled with other children of her kind, learned more that first day than she realized. She....

In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself....

Her time has come," answered Miss Lizzie. "That's why I didn't marry Harvey - long ago when he asked....

Most women had the one thing in common: they had great pain when they gave birth to their children. This....