Quotes by Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck

American novelist

Lived from: 1892 - 1973

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 26 june 1892 Died: 1 january 1973

  • What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.
  • At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them.
  • Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.
  • The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
  • Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself. ''
  • Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him.
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  • Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds.
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  • A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.
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  • At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them.
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  • Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
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  • Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.
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  • I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to earth.
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  • I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.
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  • If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
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  • Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.
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  • Like Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of the earth and the life upon it, that I cannot think of heaven and the angels.
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  • Love alone could waken love.
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  • Love dies only when growth stops.
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  • Man was lost if he went to a usurer, for the interest ran faster than a tiger upon him.
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  • None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
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  • Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.
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  • Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself. ''
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  • Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.
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  • Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.
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  • Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
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  • Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same - and most mothers kiss and scold together.
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What are the most famous quotes from Pearl S. Buck?

The two most famous quotes from Pearl S. Buck are:

  • "Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds."
  • "A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love."

When did Pearl S. Buck live?

Pearl S. Buck was born in 1892 and died in the year 1973.