More quotes by Pearl S. Buck

"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."
"Love dies only when growth stops."
"I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work."
"Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought."
"Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness."