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Pearl S. Buck Quotes

Pearl S. Buck quotes

American Novelist June 6, 1892 – March 6, 1973

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Yet there were times when he did love her with all the kindness she demanded, and how was she to know what were those times? Alone she raged against his cheerfulness and put herself at the mercy of her own love and longed to be free of it because it made her less than he and dependent on him. But how could she be free of chains she had put upon herself? Her soul was all tempest. The dreams she had once had of her life were dead. She was in prison in the house. And yet who was her jailer... Pearl S. Buck
You are right,” he had said. “Love is not the word. No one can love his neighbor. Say, rather, ‘Know thy neighbor as thyself.” That is, comprehend his hardships and understand his position, deal with his faults as gently as with your own. Do not judge him where you do not judge yourself. Madame, this is the meaning of the word love. Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck quote: "there is one word that can be the guide for your life- it is..."
there is one word that can be the guide for your life- it is the word reciprocity. Pearl S. Buck
But what happens when her beauty is torn from her like a cover from a book? Will he care to read her then, although her pages speak of nothing but love for him? Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck quote: "A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in..."
A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love. Pearl S. Buck
Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. Pearl S. Buck
There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream -- whatever that dream might be. Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck quote: "Love alone could waken love."
Love alone could waken love. Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck quote: "Love dies only when growth stops."
Love dies only when growth stops. Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck quote: "Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the..."
Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the spirit-essence of love? Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck quote: "Nothing is menial where there is love."
Nothing is menial where there is love. Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck quote: "Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It..."
Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought. Pearl S. Buck
Wang Lung sat smoking, thinking of the silver as it had lain upon the table. It had come out of the earth, this silver, out of the earth that he ploughed and turned and spent himself upon. He took his life from the earth; drop by drop by his sweat he wrung food from it and from the food, silver. Each time before this that he had taken the silver out to give to anyone, it had been like taking a piece of his life and giving it to someone carelessly. But not for the first time, such giving was... Pearl S. Buck
Out of the woman's great brown breast the milk gushed forth for the child, milk as white as snow, and when the child suckled at the one breast it flowed like a fountain from the other, ans she let it flow. There was more than enough for the child, greedy though he was, life enough for many children, and she let it flow out carelessly, conscious of her abundance. There was always more. Sometimes she lifted her breast and let it flow out upon the ground to save her clothing, and it sank into... Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck quote: "Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds..."
Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself. Pearl S. Buck

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