In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.

- Pearl S. Buck

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

- Pearl S. Buck

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.

- Pearl S. Buck

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

- Pearl S. Buck

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

- Pearl S. Buck

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.

- Pearl S. Buck

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman.

- Pearl S. Buck

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.

- Pearl S. Buck

One faces the future with one's past.

- Pearl S. Buck

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.

- Pearl S. Buck