All she’d notice was that some things were strange because they reminded her of Brooklyn and that other things were strange because they were so different from Brooklyn. I guess there is nothing new,...
Good-bye, Francie
This is the book, then , and the book of Shakespeare. And every day you must read a page of each to your child--even though you yourself do not understand what is written down and cannot sound the wor...
Johnny had been on earth for thirty-four years. Less than a week ago, he walked on those streets. And now the cup, the ring and two unironed waiter's aprons at home were the only concrete objects left...
Oh, I wish I was young again when everything seemed so wonderful!
Well, there's a little bit of man in every woman and a little bit of woman in every man.
She told Papa about it. He made her stick out her tongue and he felt her wrist. He shook his head sadly and said,You have a bad case, a very bad case.Of what?Growing up.
She adapted herself to the split-second rhythm of the New Yorker going to and from work. Getting to the office was a nervous ordeal. If she arrived one minute before nine, she was a free person. If sh...
They lived comfortably and it was a good life they had...happy and full of small adventures.And they were so young and loved each other so much.
Anybody, said Johnny, carried away by his personal dream of Democracy, can ride in one of the hansom cabs, provided, he qualified, they get the money. So you can see what a free country we got here.Wh...
Anything you say may be used against you.
What is the difference between happiness and contentment?Well, happy is like when somebody gives you a big hunk of something wonderful and it’s too big to hold. So you pull off a piece from time to ti...
You must learn to take a joke, Francie, otherwise life will be pretty hard on you.
I want to live for something. I don't want to live to get charity food to give me enough strength to go back to get more charity food.
Maybe they knew their own gift of imagination colored too rosily the poverty and brutality of their lives and made them able to endure it.
Before you die, you must own a bit of land—maybe with a house on it that your child or your children may inherit. Katie laughed. Me own land? A house? We’re lucky if we can pay our rent.
No, I ain't big enough. I ain't big enough to do a thing like that. I gotta think of myself and my own kids.' He finally came to his conclusion.'Oh, what the h*ll! Them two kids is gotta live in this...
Ghosts are not always those who pass through closed doors, said Mary Rommely. Katie has told how her husband used to talk to this saloon man. In all those years of the talking, Yohnny gave away pieces...
The child will grow up and find out things for herself. She will know that I lied. She will be disappointed.That is what is called learning the truth. It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self....
Wouldn't it be more of a free country, persisted Francie if we could ride in them free? No. Why? Because that would be Socialism, concluded Johnny triumphantly, and we don't want that over here. Why?...
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