33 Quotes by Rachel Field

It's been so happy for us all to have you here, and I've tried not to think of - of the accounting that you and I, too, must give to the Duchesse. I cannot help feeling that you - that we shall pay dearly because you came with us and left her behind.""I always pay." He spoke evenly, but his brows drew together in a frown. "Sometimes I pay most for what I never had. I've been happy these few days, and at least that's something on my side of the ledger.

The more one suffered and lived, the more one had known of joy and grief, the deeper the response must be if an artist were great enough to summon it.

Isn't it strange some people makeYou feel so tired inside,Your thoughts begin to shrivel upLike leaves all brown and dried!But when you're with some other ones,It's stranger still to findYour thoughts as thick as firefliesAll shiny in your mind!

The public is more easily swayed by persons than by principles.

There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.

Something told the wild geese It was time to go. Though the fields lay golden Something whispered, "snow." Leaves were green and stirring, Berries, luster-glossed, But beneath warm feathers Something cautioned, "frost." All the sagging orchards Steamed with amber spice But each wild breast stiffened At remembered ice. Something told the wild geese It was time to fly- Summer sun was on their wings, Winter in their cry.

Isn’t it strange some people make You feel so tired inside, Your thoughts begin to shrivel up Like leaves all brown and dried!But when you’re with some other ones It’s stranger still to find Your thought as thick as fireflies All shiny in your mind!

The sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught.

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.