Creative Quotations from . . .
Pearl Buck
(1892-1973) born on Jun 26
US author. "She was known for her novels of life in China, e.g., "The Good Earth"; won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1938."
 
   
F
I am comforted by life's stability, by earth's unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place in the unfolding of knowledge. It is good to know our universe. What is new is only new to us."

R
"Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up."
A
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.
N
"Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied."
K
"Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: From an Internet collection of quotations.
R: "In "Quotable Business," ed. Louis E. Boone, 1992."
A: ""The Writer's Book.""
N: ""What America Means to Me," ch. 10, 1942."
K: ""To My Daughters, With Love," "First Meeting," 1967."



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