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"Someday you'll remember what I said and you'll thank me for it." Francie wished adults would stop telling her that. Already the load of thanks in the future was weighing her down. She figured she'd have to spend the best years of her womanhood hunting up people to tell them that they were right and to thank them."
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humor
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thanks
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"Did you ever see so many pee-wee hats, Carl?" "They're beanies." "They call them pee-wees in Brooklyn." "But I'm not in Brooklyn." "But you're still a Brooklynite." "I wouldn't want that to get around, Annie." "You don't mean that, Carl." "Ah, we might as well call them beanies, Annie." "Why?" "When in Rome do as the Romans do." "Do they call them beanies in Rome?" she asked artlessly. "This is the silliest conversation..."
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marriage
humor
joy-in-the-morning
betty-smith
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Anything you say may be used against you.
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betty-smith
ben
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But she didn't want to recall things. She wanted to live things - or as a compromise, re-live rather than reminisce.
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francie
betty-smith
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But in their secret hearts, each new that it wasn't all right and would never be all right between them again.
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francie
betty-smith
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Betty Smith |
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a982183
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The tears stood in her eyes.
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betty-smith
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Betty Smith |