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 More Quotes by Pearl S. Buck More Quotes From Pearl S. Buck She had always been too wise to tell him all she thought and felt, knowing by some intuition of her own womanhood that no man wants to know everything of any woman. Pearl S. Buck knowing wise men From that house there has come so much life that it ought never to die or fall into ruin... For me that house was a gateway to America. Pearl S. Buck home america fall Believing in gods always causes confusion. Pearl S. Buck causes confusion believe It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late. Pearl S. Buck atheism discovery religion It is difficult not to wonder whether that combination of elements which produces a machine for labor does not create also a soul of sorts, a dull resentful metallic will, which can rebel at times. Pearl S. Buck rebel technology soul 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 except herself? Pearl S. Buck dream kindness love Religion was their meat and their excitement, their mental food and their emotional pleasure. Pearl S. Buck excitement emotional meat Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old... - Wang Lung Pearl S. Buck young men years I learned to distinguish between the two kinds of people in the world: those who have known inescapable sorrow and those who have not. Pearl S. Buck sorrow two people Iowans know themselves and what they are doing. They are doing well. Pearl S. Buck wells states knows All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious. Pearl S. Buck vermont states jewels Life is stronger than death. Pearl S. Buck stronger life-is Vermont is a country unto itself. Pearl S. Buck vermont country The greatest problem that war leaves, in a man, is how to recapture reality. That's because war is unreal. Pearl S. Buck men war reality The typhoon came out of the sea first as a deep hollow roar. ... I was surrounded by the madness, the unreason, of uncontrolled, undisciplined energy. None of this made any sense. It was worse than useless - it was nature destroying its own creation - its own self. To create by the long process of growth and then to destroy by a fit of wild emotion - was this not madness, was this not unreason? Pearl S. Buck self sea weather To understand what happens now one must find the cause, which may be very long ago in its beginning, but is surely there, and therefore a knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the present and be prepared for the future. Pearl S. Buck long-ago essentials may Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors. Pearl S. Buck chinese survivor people Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds. Pearl S. Buck freedom ties men As for inhibitions, I've spent a lifetime developing them, and I don't intend to lose them. Pearl S. Buck inhibitions developing lifetime He was part of a whole, a people scattered over the earth and yet eternally one and indivisible. Wherever a Jew lived, in whatever safety and isolation, he still belonged to his people. Pearl S. Buck safety earth people
