Betty Smith quotes

Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory. (Betty Smith)

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

Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.

Betty Smith

In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character.

Betty Smith

She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much.

Betty Smith

The difference between rich and poor", said Francie, "is that the poor do everything with thier own hands and the rich hire hands to do things.

Betty Smith

There are very few bad people. There are just a lot of people that are unlucky.

Betty Smith

Dear God,' she prayed, ‘let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.

Betty Smith

Betty Smith

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Occupation: American Novelist
Born: December 15, 1896
Died: January 17, 1972
Quotes count: 8

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