“The difference between rich and poor", said Francie, "is that the poor do everything with thier own hands and the rich hire hands to do things.”

“In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character.”

“Who'd ever guess," said Francie, ¨looking at the outside of him, that he was so different inside?¨”

“Laurie's going to have a mighty easy life all right.Annie Laurie McShane! She'll never have the hard times we had, will she?No. And she'll never have the fun we had, either."Gosh! We did have fun, didn't we, Neeley?"Yeah!Poor Laurie, said Francie pityingly.”

“Do you hear that, Francie? You're in college! 'oh gosh, I feel sick.”

“Suffering is also good, it makes a person rich in charachter.”

“It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good too. It fattens the emotions and makes them to stretch. When as a woman life and people disappoint her, she will have had practice in disappointment and it will not come so hard. In teaching your child do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character.”