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But she didn't want to recall things. She wanted to live things - or as a compromise, re-live rather than reminisce.

Betty Smith

But she didn't want to recall things. She wanted to live things - or as a compromise, re-live rather than reminisce.

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But in their secret hearts, each new that it wasn't all right and would never be all right between them again.

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But in their secret hearts, each new that it wasn't all right and would never be all right between them again.

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Did you ever see so many pee-wee hats, Carl?They're beanies.They call them pee-wees in Brooklyn.But I'm not in Brooklyn.But you're still a Brooklynite.I wouldn't want that to get around, Annie.You don...

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Someday you'll remember what I said and you'll thank me for it.Francie wished adults would stop telling her that. Already the load of thanks in the future was weighing her down. She figured she'd have...

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About Betty Smith

Betty Smith (born Elisabeth Lillian Wehner; December 15, 1896 – January 17, 1972) was an American playwright and novelist, who wrote the 1943 bestseller A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.