Memorable Quotes and quotations from Pearl BuckPearl Buck US novelist in China (1892 - 1973)Pearl Buck - quoted in O Magazine, May 2003 - Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same. Pearl Buck - - At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them. Pearl Buck - The Joy of Children, 1964 - The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. Pearl Buck - - Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. Pearl Buck - - Order is the shape upon which beauty depends. Pearl Buck - - A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love. Pearl Buck - - Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then, Life is dull without it. Pearl Buck - - Teaching is as sacred as priesthood. If one has not the concern for humanity, the love of living creatures, the vision of the priest and artist, he must not teach. Pearl 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 Buck - - There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness. |
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