Quotes by : Betty Smith

The sad thing was in the knowing that all their nerve would get them nowhere in the world and that they....

Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants.....

Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on....

It is good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to....

I will not speak falsely and say to you: 'Do not grieve for me when I go.' I have loved my children and....

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on....

This is the book, then , and the book of Shakespeare. And every day you must read a page of each to your....

The child will grow up and find out things for herself. She will know that I lied. She will be disappointed.""That....

Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your....

From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the....