Heaven to Betsy Quotes

“The most important part of religion isn't in any church. It's down in your own heart. Religion is in your thoughts, and in the way you act from day to day, in the way you treat other people. It's honesty, and unselfishness, and kindness. Especially kindness.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Heaven to Betsy

“And yet, even as she spoke, she knew that she did not wish to come back. not to stay, not to live. She loved the little yellow cottage more than she loved any place on earth. but she was through with it except in her memories. ”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Heaven to Betsy

“You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Heaven to Betsy

“What would life be like without her writing? Writing filled her life with beauty and mystery, gave it life...and promise.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Heaven to Betsy

“That's the way you have to be with boys," said Betsy. "Beam about their old football when you're dying to know whether they're going to take you to a party.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Heaven to Betsy

“... the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Heaven to Betsy

“Why doesn't Tacy like boys?' asked Alice.
'But I do like them,' protested Tacy. 'I just don't think they are little tin gods.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Heaven to Betsy

“You can't hand boys around as though they were pieces of cake," she said. "Don't worry about getting a boy for me, Betsy. Boys just don't seem important to me. They don't seem any more important to me than they ever did."
"Tacy!" said Betsy. "You're beyond me!"
"Well!" said Tacy. "That's the way I am.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, Heaven to Betsy