Famous Betty Smith Quotes

  • She sat in the sunshine watching the life on the street and guarding within herself, her own mystery of life. – Betty Smith

    She sat in the sunshine watching the life on the street and guarding within herself, her own mystery of life.– Betty Smith

  • They learned no compassion from their own anguish. Thus their suffering was wasted. – Betty Smith

    They learned no compassion from their own anguish. Thus their suffering was wasted.– Betty Smith

  • Dear God,’ she prayed, -˜let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. – Betty Smith

    Dear God,’ she prayed, -˜let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.– Betty Smith

  • The something which had been a future was now a present and would become a past. – Betty Smith

    The something which had been a future was now a present and would become a past.– Betty Smith

  • But she didn’t want to recall things. She wanted to live things -” or as a compromise, relive rather than reminisce. – Betty Smith

    But she didn’t want to recall things. She wanted to live things -” or as a compromise, relive rather than reminisce.– Betty Smith

  • Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words. – Betty Smith

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

  • They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering Wes and soft fluttery voices. But they were all made out of thin invisible steel. – Betty Smith

    They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering Wes and soft fluttery voices. But they were all made out of thin invisible steel.– Betty Smith

  • They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering eyes and soft fluttery voices. But they were all made out of thin invisible steel. – Betty Smith

    They were all slender, frail creatures with wondering eyes and soft fluttery voices. But they were all made out of thin invisible steel.– Betty Smith

  • The world was hers for the reading. – Betty Smith

    The world was hers for the reading.– Betty Smith