The Boston Girl Quotes

“When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“It was one of those perfect fall days when the air is cool enough to wake you up but the sun is also kissing your face.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“You should always be kind to people, Ava. You never know what sorrows they’re carrying around.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“Sometimes friends grow apart. You tell each other everything and you’re sure this is a person you’ll know the rest of your life but then she stops writing or calling, or you realize she’s really not so nice, or she turns into a right-winger.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“How did I get to be the woman I am today?” It started in that library, in the reading club. That’s where I started to be my own person.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“You know, Ava, it’s good to be smart, but kindness is more important.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“It took me until I was almost forty before I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“When I look at my eighty-five-year-old face in the mirror today, I think, “You’re never going to look better than you do today, honey, so smile.” Whoever said a smile is the best face-lift was one smart woman.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“She said, “Hiking is the same thing as walking, only hotter and twice as far as you want to go. But usually, you’re glad you went.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“Even a broken clock is right twice every day.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“It’s a good thing babies don’t give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“being an artist is more than a job or a skill; it’s a way of walking through the world.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“I’m still embarrassed and mad at myself. But after seventy years, I also feel sorry for the girl I used to be. She was awfully hard on herself.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“As far as I can tell, common sense hasn’t been in fashion for a long time.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“She told us that social work was a young profession still finding itself. She called it a "creative science" and said that, in her opinion, the best social workers were intelligent and compassionate, and while she could give us ideas and tools to help our fellow man, she couldn't teach us how to put ourselves into another person's shoes. She said, "If you don't already know how to do that, you should drop this class and consider another line of work.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“about flying out to see her. Don’t tell your”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“She approved. “A girl should always have her own money so she’s never beholden to anyone.” I said that was very modern of her, but she didn’t think so. “As far as I can tell, common sense hasn’t been in fashion for a long time.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“If you treat every question like you've never heard it before, your students feel like you respect them and everyone learns a lot more. Including the teacher.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“Why is it you get more tired from sitting and doing nothing than from running around doing too much?”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“No girl is ever happy with her own hair, is she?”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“Was Juliet a better poet than Romeo? If Juliet found out about Rosaline, would she still love Romeo? Should Juliet have given Paris a chance? Why is love so dangerous for Juliet? Why are Juliet’s parents so blind? Was the Nurse Juliet’s friend or enemy? Would Juliet have killed herself if she had been twenty-five years old instead of thirteen?”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“right-winger.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“yelled, and finally got me on my cheek with a loud slap that made”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“I always felt I understood myself better after we spent time together. And the way she laughed at my wisecracks and thanked me for my opinions made me think maybe I was as smart and funny as she said i was.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“And the way she laughed at my wisecracks and thanked me for my opinions made me think maybe I was as smart and funny as she said I was.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“night and so quiet we could hear our own footsteps”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“People don’t talk so much about sad memories.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“Betty had never been skinny and she was never really fat. She still had a nice shape, but it was well upholstered now and her new dress made the best of it.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“When a shy person smiles, it's like the sun coming out.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl

“According to the Talmud, if a funeral procession and a wedding procession cross paths, the wedding party goes first. Life is more important than death.”
― Anita Diamant, The Boston Girl