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“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. She must start out believing in things not of this world. Then when the world becomes too ugly for living in, the child can reach back and live in her imagination.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.”
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“That is what is called learning the truth. It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good too. It fattens the emotions and makes them to stretch. When as a woman life and people disappoint her, she will have a practice in disappoinment and it will not come so hard. In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Jo’s 2025 Year in Books
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