Quotes From "Joy In The Morning" By Betty Smith

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Did you ever see so many pee-wee hats, Carl?""They're beanies."" They call them pee-wees in Brooklyn.""But I'm not in Brooklyn.""But you're still a Brooklynite.""I wouldn't want that to get around, Annie.""You don't mean that, Carl.""Ah, we might as well call them beanies, Annie.""Why?""When in Rome do as the Romans do."" Do they call them beanies in Rome?" she asked artlessly." This is the silliest conversation.. Betty Smith
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You can't go by what a girl says, when she's giving you the devil for making a chump of yourself. It's like Shakespeare. Sounds well, but doesn't mean anything. P.g. Wodehouse