I don't know. Sometimes I think it's better to suffer bitter unhappiness and to fight and to scream out, and even to suffer that terrible pain, than just to be ... safe. At least she knows she's living.
("A Tree Grows in Brooklyn")
More Quotes from Betty Smith:
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.Betty Smith
Intolerance is a thing that causes war, pogroms, crucifixions, lynchings, and makes people cruel to little children and each other. It is responsible for most of the viciousness, violence, terror, and heart and soul breaking of the world.
Betty Smith
There are very few bad people. There are just a lot of people that are unlucky.
Betty Smith
And always, there was the magic of learning things.
Betty Smith
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.
Betty Smith
Money! Would that make it better for them? Yes, it would make it easy. But no, the money wouldn't be enough… That means there must be something bigger than money… An answer came to Katie. It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like a pain shot through her head. Education!
Betty Smith
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Pain QuotesBill Clinton was a liberal who could appeal to conservative-leaning Bubba voters.
Rich Lowry
Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
Robert E. Lee
The Yankees have better starting pitchers than Arizona. Arizona just has two... the Yanks have four.
Keith Hernandez