You married him. There was something about him that caught your heart. Hang on to that and forget the rest.
You must learn to take a joke, Francie, otherwise life will be pretty hard on you.
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 sect...
You won't die, Francie. You were born to lick this rotten life.
You'll never raise that one,' they told her. 'Her color ain't good. If the good Lord takes her, it will be for the best.'...Don't say that,' Katie held her baby tightly. 'It's not better to die. Who w...
[t]he child must have a valuable thing which is called imagination. The child must have a secret world in which live things that never were. It is necessary that she . She must start out by believing...
Engaged, he said bitterly. Everybody's engaged. Everybody in a small town is engaged or married or in trouble. There's nothing else to do in a small town. You go to school. You start walking home with...
Had to be the dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background its flashing glory.
People always think that happiness is a far away thing, something complicated and hard to get. yet, little things can make it up; a place of shelter when it rains - a cup of strong hot coffee when you...
She read, at peace with the world and happy as only a little girl could be with a fine book and a little bowl of candy..
The child must have a valuable thing which is called imagination. The child must have a secret world in which live things that never were. It is necessary that she believe. She must start out by belie...
Time, no matter what else it did, passed, and that the school boy of today was the voter of tomorrow.
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