Book

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

From internationally acclaimed storyteller Cornelia Funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback! One cruel night, Meggie's father reads aloud from a book called INKHEART-- and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction a

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Betty Smith (8)

“I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.”

— Betty Smith, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Needed, help, Assurance, Reliance

“I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.”

— Betty Smith, amazon.com

Tagged: Needed, Love, Loving

“Books became her friends and there was one for every mood. There was poetry for quiet companionship. There was adventure when she tired of quiet hours. There would be love stories when she came into adolescence and when she wanted to feel a closeness to someone she could read a biography. On that da…”

— Betty Smith, amazon.com

Tagged: Books, Companion, Friendship, Adventure, Reading

“She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much”

— Betty Smith, amazon.com

Tagged: Loneliness, Lonely Person, Suffering

“I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.”

— Betty Smith, amazon.com

Tagged: Being Needed, Love, Thoughts

“ho wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It's growing out of sour earth. And it's strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way.”

— Betty Smith, amazon.com

Tagged: strength, Trees, struggles

“Books became her friends and there was one for every mood. There was poetry for quiet companionship. There was adventure when she tired of quiet hours. There would be love stories when she came into adolescence and when she wanted to feel a closeness to someone she could read a biography. On that da…”

— Betty Smith, amazon.com

Tagged: Books, Reading, Poetry, Adventure

“I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how I feel at a time like now. And the understanding must be part of the holding.”

— Betty Smith, amazon.com

Tagged: Holding, Closeness, Understanding, Emotion, Palpable Feelings