Maggie-Now Quotes

“How much do they be paying you?" he asked mellowly.

"The usual salary. A little more than they think I'm worth and a little less than I think I'm worth.”
― Betty Smith, Maggie-Now

“Now my wandering days are over. It will be bliss to settle down. Bliss. There's a word, now. Bliss to love and to be loved.”
― Betty Smith, Maggie-Now

“They came together, they loved and they married. In innocence, and never dreaming how courageous they were, they started a new life together and a new generation of their own.”
― Betty Smith, Maggie-Now: A Novel

“sometimes understanding is nearly as good as love because understanding makes forgiveness a more or less routine matter. Love makes forgiveness a great, tearing emotional thing.”
― Betty Smith, Maggie-Now: A Novel