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“You won't die, Francie. You were born to lick this rotten life.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“And that's where the whole trouble is. We're too much alike to understand each other because we don't even understand our own selves.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“Words provide a voice to our deepest feelings. I tell you, words have started and stopped wars. Words have built and lost fortunes. Words have saved and taken lives. Words have won and lost great kingdoms. Even Buddha said, 'Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.”
― The Rent Collector
― The Rent Collector
“From that moment on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again. ”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“Mother, I am young. Mother, I am just eighteen. I am strong. I will work hard, Mother. But I do not want this child to grow up just to work hard. 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. Every day you must read one page from some good book to your child. Every day this must be until the child learns to read. Then she must read every day, I know this is the secret”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
"The secret lies in the reading and the writing. You are able to read. Every day you must read one page from some good book to your child. Every day this must be until the child learns to read. Then she must read every day, I know this is the secret”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Abby’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Abby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,591 books
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100 friends
376 books
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116 friends
587 books
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7 friends
1,729 books
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208 friends
92 books
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3 friends
4,138 books
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84 friends
95 books
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64 friends
345 books
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91 friends
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