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  • Betty Smith Quote - Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.
  • Betty Smith Quote - Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.
  • Betty Smith Quote - Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.
  • Betty Smith Quote - Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.
  • Betty Smith Quote - Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.
  • Betty Smith Quote - Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.
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Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.

Betty Smith

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

    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
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - In the cold of a winter’s night you got up and put your blanket on their bed so they wouldn’t be cold. You’d kill anyone who tried to harm the.

    In the cold of a winter’s night you got up and put your blanket on their bed so they wouldn’t be cold. You’d kill anyone who tried to harm the.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - But this tree in the yard-this tree that men chopped down…this tree that they built a bonfire around, trying to burn up it’s stump-this tree lived! It lived! And nothing could destroy it.

    But this tree in the yard-this tree that men chopped down…this tree that they built a bonfire around, trying to burn up it’s stump-this tree lived! It lived! And nothing could destroy it.

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

    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.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - People looking up at her–at her smooth pretty vivacious face–had no way of knowing about the painfully articulated resolves formulating in her mind.

    People looking up at her–at her smooth pretty vivacious face–had no way of knowing about the painfully articulated resolves formulating in her mind.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - Francie looked at her legs. They were long, slender, and exquisitely molded. She wore the sheerest of flawless silk stockings, and expensively made high-heeled pumps shod her beautifully arched feet. Download This Image

    Francie looked at her legs. They were long, slender, and exquisitely molded. She wore the sheerest of flawless silk stockings, and expensively made high-heeled pumps shod her beautifully arched feet.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - What must I do, mother, what must I do to make a different world for her? How do I start?” “The secret lies in the reading and the writing. You are able to read.

    What must I do, mother, what must I do to make a different world for her? How do I start?” “The secret lies in the reading and the writing. You are able to read.

    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
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - She was made up of more, too. She was the books she read in the library. She was the flower in the brown bowl. Part of her life was made from the tree growing rankly in the yard.

    She was made up of more, too. She was the books she read in the library. She was the flower in the brown bowl. Part of her life was made from the tree growing rankly in the yard.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - She liked the combined smell of worn leather bindings, library past and freshly inked stamping pads better than she liked the smell of burning incense at high mass.

    She liked the combined 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
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - Did you ever see so many pee-wee hats, Carl?” “They’re beanies.” “They call them pee-wees in Brooklyn.” “But I’m not in Brooklyn.” “But you’re still a Brooklynite.”

    Did you ever see so many pee-wee hats, Carl?” “They’re beanies.” “They call them pee-wees in Brooklyn.” “But I’m not in Brooklyn.” “But you’re still a Brooklynite.”

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

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

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

    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.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. Download This Image

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

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - It’s a beautiful religion and I wish I understood it more. No, I don’t want to understand it all. It’s beautiful because it’s always a mystery.

    It’s a beautiful religion and I wish I understood it more. No, I don’t want to understand it all. It’s beautiful because it’s always a mystery.

    BETTY SMITH