"But this tree in the yard-this tree that men chopped down...this tree that they built a bonfire around, trying to burn up it's stump-this tree lived! It lived! And nothing could destroy it."

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Betty Smith

#Men Quotes #Tree Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Karrin, eh?" Thomas asked. I nodded. "She's real serious about order. A man dying, she can understand. A man coming back. That's different." "Isn't she Catholic?" Thomas asked. "Don't they have a guy?”
“The artist should always be the student.”
“Hope is not pretending that troubles don't exist. It is the trust that they will not last forever, that hurts will be healed and difficulties overcome. It is faith that a source of strength and renewal lies within to lead us through the dark into the sunshine.”
“Happiness is a fragile thing, and alcohol, as I know from the house I grew up in, is dangerous to it.”
“When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.”
“I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.”
“Have hot, wild sex with a friend. Then go out and do something stupid, like bowl, afterwards.”
“Learning and sex until rigor mortis.”

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