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This could be a whole life,” she thought. “You work eight hours a day covering wires to earn money to buy food and to pay for a place to sleep so that you can keep living to come back to cover more wires. Some people are born and kept living just to come to this.

  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - Of course, I didn’t ask to be born Catholic, no more than I asked to be born American. But I’m glad it turned out that I’m both these things.

    Of course, I didn’t ask to be born Catholic, no more than I asked to be born American. But I’m glad it turned out that I’m both these things.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - You won’t die, Francie. You were born to lick this rotten life.

    You won’t die, Francie. You were born to lick this rotten life.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - “I wouldn’t want that to get around, Annie.” “You don’t mean that, Carl.” “Ah, we might as well call them beanies, Annie.” “Why?” “When in Rome do as the Romans do.” “Do they call them beanies in Rome?” she asked artlessly. “This is the silliest conversation.

    “I wouldn’t want that to get around, Annie.” “You don’t mean that, Carl.” “Ah, we might as well call them beanies, Annie.” “Why?” “When in Rome do as the Romans do.” “Do they call them beanies in Rome?” she asked artlessly. “This is the silliest conversation.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - 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.

    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
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - It’s come at last,” she thought, “the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache. When there wasn’t enough food in the house you pretended that you weren’t hungry so they could have more.

    It’s come at last,” she thought, “the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache. When there wasn’t enough food in the house you pretended that you weren’t hungry so they could have more.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - I hate all those flirty-birty games that women make up. Life’s too short. If you ever find a man you love, don’t waste time hanging your head and simpering. Go right up to him and say, ‘I love you. How about getting married?

    I hate all those flirty-birty games that women make up. Life’s too short. If you ever find a man you love, don’t waste time hanging your head and simpering. Go right up to him and say, ‘I love you. How about getting married?

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - Let me be hungry…have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere – be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar.

    Let me be hungry…have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere – be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - I get a heavy penance for something I couldn’t help doing. But good or bad, I am a Catholic and I’ll never be anything else.

    I get a heavy penance for something I couldn’t help doing. But good or bad, I am a Catholic and I’ll never be anything else.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - 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 be happy again, never fear. But you won’t forget. Every time you fall in love it will be because something in the man reminds you of him.

    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 be happy again, never fear. But you won’t forget. Every time you fall in love it will be because something in the man reminds you of him.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - 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.

    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.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - Occasionally there is a moment in a person’s life when he takes a great stride forward in wisdom, humility, or disillusionment.

    Occasionally there is a moment in a person’s life when he takes a great stride forward in wisdom, humility, or disillusionment.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - Brooklyn was a dream. All the things that happened there just couldn’t happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all real and true and was it that she, Francie, was the dreamer?

    Brooklyn was a dream. All the things that happened there just couldn’t happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all real and true and was it that she, Francie, was the dreamer?

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - 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.

    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
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - She told Papa about it. He made her stick out her tongue and he felt her wrist. He shook his head sadly and said, “You have a bad case, a very bad case.” “Of what?” “Growing up. Download This Image

    She told Papa about it. He made her stick out her tongue and he felt her wrist. He shook his head sadly and said, “You have a bad case, a very bad case.” “Of what?” “Growing up.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - New York! I’ve always wanted to see it and now I’ve see it. It’s true what they say– it’s the most wonderful city in the world. Download This Image

    New York! I’ve always wanted to see it and now I’ve see it. It’s true what they say– it’s the most wonderful city in the world.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - 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. Download This Image

    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