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 SmithWell' Francie decided, 'I guess the thing that is giving me this headache is life - and nothing else but'.
Betty SmithIt's come at last", she thought, "the time when you can no longer stand between your children and heartache.
Betty SmithBad quarrels come when two people are wrong. Worse quarrels come when two people are right.
Betty SmithThe library was a little old shaby place. Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good as the feeling she had about church. She pushed open the door and went in. She liked the cmbined smell of worn leather bindings, library past and freshly inked stamping pads better than she liked the smell of burning incense at high mass.
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