Which line from "A Smart Cookie" best summarizes Esperanza's mother's character? I could've been somebody, you know? That Madame Butterfly was a fool. You want to know why I quit school? Yup, she says disgusted, stirring again

I think the answer is "I could’ve been somebody, you know?"

Esperanza's mother had quit school when she was young. She had left school because she didn't have fashionable clothes to wear. Esperanza's mother told Esperanza never to follow her footsteps and encouraged her to do the things that she wants.