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Betty Smith Quote

Obscenity and profanity had no meaning as such among those people. They were emotional expressions of inarticulate people with small vocabularies.

Betty Smith

Obscenity and profanity had no meaning as such among those people. They were emotional expressions of inarticulate people with small vocabularies.

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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.