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Pearl S. Buck was a prominent American writer born on June 26, 1892, and died on March 6, 1973. She is celebrated for her works that delve into Chinese culture and life, earning her the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1932 for her novel 'The Good Earth'.

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“the heart never grows old.”

Heart Grows Getting Older Forever Young

Author:Pearl S. Buck

“At heart a truly modest man, he had nevertheless the modest man's pride in his modesty in the face of achievement.”

Men Heart Faces Humility Pride Achievement Modesty Nevertheless Modest

Book:God's Men: A Novel

Source: God's Men: A Novel

“you seem to grieve for what is not so ... and there is no need to let your heart run ahead into evils that may never come.”

Needs Heart May Seems Running Evil Worry Grieving

Book:The Mother: A Novel

Source: The Mother: A Novel

“It is love itself that is important -- the ability to love, no matter whom you love. For when you can no longer love anyone, you are no longer a living person. The heart dies if it loses the capacity to love.”

Ifs Heart Persons Important Matter Dies Loses Ability Capacity Capacity To Love Ability To Love

Author:Pearl S. Buck

“There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream -- whatever that dream might be.”

Way Love Heart Stories Dream Might Friendship Broken Heartbreak Broke Broken Heart Heart Broke Being Broken My Heart Is Broken Sad Breaking Heart Sad Heart Break

Book:The Patriot: A Novel

Source: The Patriot: A Novel

“The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.”

“To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.”

Ifs Mind Heart Done Whole Beautiful Happiness Joy Purpose Inspire Helping Others Purpose Of Life Joy To The World Doing For Others

Author:Pearl S. Buck

“Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.”

Inspirational Heart Seasons Praise Blame Freeze

Author:Pearl S. Buck

“A woman's mind is not an instrument apart from her other being. She does not separate herself as man does, now flesh, now mind, now heart. She is there as one, a unity complete and unified.”

Men Mind Heart Doe Instruments Unity Flesh Separation Unified

Author:Pearl S. Buck

“A person's heart withers if it does not answer another heart.”

About the Author

Born: June 26, 1892
Died: March 6, 1973
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 263

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Of Men and WomenRelated source material

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Pavilion of Women: A Novel of Life in the Women's QuartersRelated source material

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