And always, there was the magic of learning things.
BETTY SMITH
Oh time…time, pass so that I forget! Oh time, Great Healer, pass over me and let me forget.
More Betty Smith Quotes
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And always, there was the magic of learning things.
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I tried my best to kill that man in the hallway. Then one sunny day, they walk out in all innocence and they walk right into the grief that you’d give your life to spare them from.
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She had heard Papa sing so many songs about the heart; the heart that was breaking – was aching – was dancing -was heavy laden – that leaped for joy – that was heavy in sorrow – that turned over – that stood still. She really believed the heart actually did those things.
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Bad quarrels come when two people are wrong. Worse quarrels come when two people are right.
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From that moment on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again.
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She went out and took a last long look at the shabby little library. She knew she would never see it again.
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Is it not so that a son what is bad to his mother is bad to his wife?
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Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.
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We need an equal opportunity society, one in which government does not see its job as picking winners and losers. Where do you go if you want special favors?
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