Quote by: Betty Smith

Oh, and you must not forget the Kris Kringle. The child must believe in him until she reaches the age of six." " I KNOW there is not Santa Claus." "Yet you must teach the child that these things are so." "Why? When I, myself, do not believe?" "Because...the child must have a valuable things which is called imagination. The child must have a secret world in which [to] live things that never were. It is necessary that she BELIEVE. She must start out believing in things not of this world. Then when the world becomes too ugly for living in, the child can reach back and live in her imagination.


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Author Bio


  • NameBetty Smith
  • Descriptionwriter from the USA
  • AliasesElisabeth Lillian Wehner
  • BornDecember 15, 1896
  • DiedJanuary 17, 1972
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Playwright
  • WorksA Tree Grows In Brooklyn (novel)
  • AwardsHopwood Award