American - Novelist | June 26, 1892 - March 6, 1973
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
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Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow its evil effects to go on.
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What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.
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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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To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.
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When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.
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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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Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.
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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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Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.
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Love alone could waken love.
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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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