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Betty  Smith
“Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.”
Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

The world was hers for the reading.
“The world was hers for the reading.”
Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty  Smith
“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.”
Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
tags: life

Betty  Smith
“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, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty  Smith
“Well' Francie decided, 'I guess the thing that is giving me this headache is life - and nothing else but'.”
Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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