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Quote by Pearl S. Buck

“Some women cannot understand that marriage is not everything and that work comes first.”

Book:Kinfolk

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Kinfolk

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Pearl S. Buck

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'. more

“Tomorrow, Reader and Other Reader, if you are together, if you lie down in the same bed like a settled couple, each will turn to the lamp at the side of the bed and sink into his or her book; two parallel readings will accompany the approach of sleep; first you, then you will turn out the light; returning from separated universes, you will find each other fleetingly in the darkness, where all separations are erased, before divergent dreams draw you again, one to one side, and one to the other. But do not wax ironic on this prospect of conjugal harmony: what happier image of a couple could you set against it?”

Happiness Reading Marriage Books

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Source: If on a winter's night a traveler

“The strength of a woman is not in how well she adapts to a one-sided marriage or endures a chronically immature connection.”

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Book:Courage: Reflections and Liberation For the Hurting Soul

Source: Courage: Reflections and Liberation For the Hurting Soul

“Wren did not love him obliquely, making him dance for her affection.”

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Book:Shark Heart

Source: Shark Heart