"Understood Betsy" Quotes
A neglected orphan girl finds her true self and happiness when she is sent to live with her caring cousins in the countryside.
classics | 176 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Betsy was not quite sure whether she was walking on her head or her feet.
She could hear her heart beating, and she could hear a bird singing somewhere, and she could hear the wind rustling the dry leaves on the ground.
She knew that if she opened her mouth, she would burst out crying, and she could not bear to cry in front of anybody.
She had never known that the world was so big, and that there was so much in it.
Betsy had never seen anything so beautiful.
She could feel the blood throbbing in her temples, and she could feel the sun shining warm on her back.
Betsy felt as though somebody had caught hold of her heart and squeezed it.
Betsy felt her heart grow very light and happy.
Betsy's heart gave a great leap of joy.
She had never before felt so important.
