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Betty Smith was an American author known for her novel 'Peter Pan'. Her works are typically written from a child's perspective and have been beloved by readers of all ages.

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Famous Betty Smith Quotes

“Look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time.”

Firsts Looks Wonder Seeing Perspective First Time Through The Eyes

Author:Betty Smith

“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.”

Inspirational Firsts Looks Earth Lasts Time Seeing Glory Filled Last Time Thanksgiving Time On Earth

Book:A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW

Source: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW

“Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.”

Knows Firsts Children Reading Hours Magic Literacy Printed Early Childhood Children Education Reading Aloud Early Education Early Childhood Education Printed Word Magic Hour

Author:Betty Smith

“You took a walk on a Sunday afternoon and came to a nice neighborhood, very refined. You saw a small one of these trees through the iron gate leading to someone's yard and you knew that soon that section of Brooklyn would get to be a tenement district. The tree knew. It came there first. Afterwards, poor foreigners seeped in and the quiet old brownstone houses were hacked up into flats, feather beds were pushed out on the window sills to air and the Tree of Heaven flourished. That was the kind of tree it was. It liked poor people.”

Source: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to live them first.”

Knows Writing Firsts Long

Book:A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW

Source: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW

“It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good too. It fattens the emotions and makes them to stretch.”

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Author:Betty Smith

“Everything, decided Francie after that first lecture, was vibrant with life and there was no death in chemistry. She was puzzled as to why learned people didn't adopt chemistry as a religion.”

People Firsts Decided Chemistry Lectures Puzzled

Book:A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW

Source: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW

“Francie was ten years old when she first found an outlet in writing. What she wrote was of little consequence. What was important was that the attempt to write stories kept her straight on the dividing line between truth and fiction. If she had not found this outlet in writing, she might have grown up to be a tremendous liar.”

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Book:A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW

Source: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW

About the Author

Born: December 15, 1896
Died: January 17, 1972
Known for: Author
Quotes: 138

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