This could be a whole life," she thought. "You work eight hours a day covering wires to earn money to buy food and to pay for a place to sleep so that you can keep living to come back to cover more wires. Some people are born and kept living just to came to this. Of course, some of these girls will marry; marry men who have the same kind of life. What will they gain? They'll gain someone to hold conversations within the few hours at night between work and sleep.
Betty SmithOh, I wish I was young again when everything seemed so wonderful!
Betty SmithSpring came early that year and the sweet warm nights made her restless. She walked up and down the streets and through the park. And wherever she went, she saw a boy and a girl together; walking arm-in-arm, sitting on a park bench with their arms around each other, standing closely and in silence in a vestibule. Everyone in the world but Francie had a sweetheart or a friend. She seemed to be the only lonely one in Brooklyn.
Betty SmithOccasionally there is a moment in a person's life when he takes a great stride forward in wisdom, humility, or disillusionment. For a split second he comes into a kind of cosmic understanding. For a trembling breath of time he knows all there is to know. He is loaned the gift the poet yearned for - seeing himself as others see him.
Betty SmithWhen night draws back the curtain,
And pins it with a star,
Remember you are still my friend,
Though you may wander far
Tags: friendship
the fabric of family, the limits of love, the loss of innocence and the birth of knowledge.
Betty SmithMaybe being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.
Betty SmithWe're too much alike to understand each other because we don't even understand ourselves.
Betty SmithShe loved the library and was anxious to worship the lady in charge. But the librarian had other things on her mind. She hated children anyhow.
Betty SmithNow the Irish women always look so ashamed. They know they can never make a Jesus. It will be just another Mick.
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