Famous Quotes by Pearl Buck

Below are famous quotes by Pearl Buck - US novelist in China (1892 - 1973).

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

At my age the bones are water in the morning until food is given them.

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

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.

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.

There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then, Life is dull without it.

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