She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to w... - Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
"She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much."
More quotes by Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
"From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there was one for every mood."
"Brooklyn was a dream. All the things that happened there just couldn't happen. It was all dream stuff. Or was it all real and true and was it that she, Francie, was the dreamer?"
"A lie was something you told because you were mean or a coward. A story was something you made up out of something that might have happened. Only you didn't tell it like it was, you told it like you thought it should have been."
"In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself the way you think it should have happened. Tell the truth and write the story. Then you won't get mixed up. It was the best advice Francie every got."
"The world was hers for the reading."