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People looking up at her—at her smooth pretty vivacious face—had no way of knowing about the painfully articulated resolves formulating in her mind.
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A child forgets a time of hunger but never forgets the aching want of other things.
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Katie had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter. Johnny had a hankering after immortality which made him a useless dreamer. And that was the great difference between these two who loved each other so well.
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It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like pain shot through her head. Education! That was it! It was education that made the difference! Education would pull them ut of the grame and dirt.
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From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there was one for every mood.
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In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character.
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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.
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Brooklyn was a dream. All the things that happened there just couldn't happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all real and true and was it that she, Francie, was the dreamer?
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She told Papa about it. He made her stick out her tongue and he felt her wrist. He shook his head sadly and said, "You have a bad case, a very bad case." "Of what?" "Growing up.
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It's come at last", she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache.
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There are very few bad people. There are just a lot of people that are unlucky.
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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.
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New York! I've always wanted to see it and now I've see it. It's true what they say— it's the most wonderful city in the world.
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Betty Smith
Born:
December 15, 1896
Died:
January 17, 1972
(aged 75)
Bio:
Betty Smith, née Elisabeth Wehner, was an American author.
Known for:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943)
Maggie-now (1958)
Joy in the Morning (1963)
Un albero cresce a Brooklyn
Stories Jesus Told (1962)
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