10 Quotes by Pearl Buck

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

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.

[J]e t'ai dressée à te soumettre, de même qu'une fleur subit le soleil et la pluie.

Son égale ! Mais comment ? Ne suis-je pas sa femme ? Quel autre que lui pourrait me diriger ? N'est-il pas mon maître par la loi ?

Ton père et le sien, en amis fraternels, jurèrent de s'unir par leurs enfants. Ton fiancé avait alors six ans. Tu naquis dans le cercle de cette année-là. Telle était ta destinée. Tu fus élevée dans ce dessein.

If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Ah well, perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked.

I love people. I love my family, my children . . . but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up.