“Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“The world was hers for the reading.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“I want to live for something. I don't want to live to get charity food to give me enough strength to go back to get more charity food.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“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.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“Well' Francie decided, 'I guess the thing that is giving me this headache is life - and nothing else but'.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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