Betty Smith

“Forgiveness is a beautiful word, but it is a word that is hard to say.”

“It's a good thing for a girl to be able to say that about her father.”

“The world was hers for the reading.”

“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time.”

“Dear God... let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.”

“Books became her friends and there was one for every mood.”

“Oh, what a wonderful soul so many people have, and they don't know it.”

“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, you'll be happy again, never fear. But you won't forget.”

“The library was a little old shabby place. Francie thought it was beautiful.”

“Let me be something every minute of every hour of my life... Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.”

“She had a way of making the most ordinary things seem wonderful.”

“From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again.”