Betty Smith Quotes


There is here, what is not in the old country. In spite of hard, unfamiliar things, there is here - hope. In the old country, a man can be no more than his father, providing he works hard. If his father was a carpenter, he may be a carpenter. He many not be a teacher or a priest. He may rise - but only to his father's state. In the old country, a man is given to the past. Here he belongs to the future. In this land, he may be what he will, if he has the good heart and the way of working honestly at the right things.


Citations

Smith, Betty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Harper & Brothers, 1943.

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Betty Smith
Betty Smith
  • Born: December 15, 1896
  • Died: January 17, 1972
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

Betty Smith was an American author. She is best known for her 1943 bestselling book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.