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  • Betty Smith Quote - I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful.
  • Betty Smith Quote - I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful.
  • Betty Smith Quote - I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful.
  • Betty Smith Quote - I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful.
  • Betty Smith Quote - I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful.
  • Betty Smith Quote - I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful.
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I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - Is it not so that a son what is bad to his mother is bad to his wife?

    Is it not so that a son what is bad to his mother is bad to his wife?

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - What was important was that the attempt to write stories kept her straight on the dividing line between truth and fiction. If she had not found this outlet in writing, she might have grown up to be a tremendous liar.

    What was important was that the attempt to write stories kept her straight on the dividing line between truth and fiction. If she had not found this outlet in writing, she might have grown up to be a tremendous liar.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - I’ll have a desk like this in my parlor and white walls and a clean green blotter every Saturday night and a row of shining yellow pencils always sharpened for writing and a golden-brown bowl with a flower or some leaves or berries always in it and books . . . books . . . books. . . .

    I’ll have a desk like this in my parlor and white walls and a clean green blotter every Saturday night and a row of shining yellow pencils always sharpened for writing and a golden-brown bowl with a flower or some leaves or berries always in it and books . . . books . . . books. . . .

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

    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.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. Somber as a word was better. But it did not apply to Williamsburg Brooklyn.

    Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. Somber as a word was better. But it did not apply to Williamsburg Brooklyn.

    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 - Let me be something every minute of every hour of my life…And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.

    Let me be something every minute of every hour of my life…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 - Prairie was lovely and Shenandoah had a beautiful sound but you couldn’t fit those words into Brooklyn. Serene was the only word for it especially on a Saturday afternoon in summer.

    Prairie was lovely and Shenandoah had a beautiful sound but you couldn’t fit those words into Brooklyn. Serene was the only word for it especially on a Saturday afternoon in summer.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - It takes a lot of doing to die.

    It takes a lot of doing to die.

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  • 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 - 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 - 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 - She was surprised at how tiny it seemed now. She supposed the school was just as big as it had ever been only her eyes had grown used to looking at bigger things.

    She was surprised at how tiny it seemed now. She supposed the school was just as big as it had ever been only her eyes had grown used to looking at bigger things.

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - Oh, I wish I was young again when everything seemed so wonderful!

    Oh, I wish I was young again when everything seemed so wonderful!

    BETTY SMITH
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Betty Smith Quote - “Beautiful legs, then, is the secret of being a mistriss,” concluded Francie. She looked down at her own long thin legs. “I’ll never make it, I guess.” Sighing , she resigned herself to a sinless life.

    “Beautiful legs, then, is the secret of being a mistriss,” concluded Francie. She looked down at her own long thin legs. “I’ll never make it, I guess.” Sighing , she resigned herself to a sinless life.

    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