She had had the pain; it had been like being boiled alive in scalding oil and not being able to die to get free of it

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.

She was surprised at how tiny it seemed now. She supposed the school was just as big as it had ever been only her eyes had grown used to looking at bigger things.

And you must tell the child the legends I told you - as my mother told them to me and her mother to her. You must tell the fairy tales of the old country. You must tell of those not of the earth who live forever in the hearts of the people.

New York! I've always wanted to see it and now I've see it. It's true what they say-- it's the most wonderful city in the world.

'Dear God,' she prayed, 'let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.'

Well, there's a little bit of man in every woman and a little bit of woman in every man.