No daughter is ever her mother's darling. That spot is always reserved for the son. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
It is ironical that in an age when we have prided ourselves on our progress in the intelligent care and teaching of… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
nature knows no sex limitations and does not bestow brains upon men alone. Daughters inherit gifts exactly as often and as much… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“And then she grew uneasy and full of gloom and thought to herself that if the child were joy yet was it… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“I do not blame you, child, for growing up,” she announced. “But I teach you this: Whatever happens is always the woman’s… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
My first vivid memory is...when first I looked into her face and she looked into mine. That I do remember, and that… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“I love people. I love my family, my children . . . but inside myself is a place where I live all… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
The community must assume responsibility for each child within its confines. Not one must be neglected whatever his condition. The community must… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Families are only a means of exploitation,' he declared. 'Parents treat children as capital assests and children wait for parents to die… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Out of the woman's great brown breast the milk gushed forth for the child, milk as white as snow, and when the… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
The concept of 'Momism' is male nonsense. It is the refuge of a man seeking excuses for his own lack of virility.… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
I know that the only completely happy life for man and for woman is their life, first together, and then with their… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
Our children ... are not treated with sufficient respect as human beings, and yet from the moment they are born they have… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
I do not believe in a child world. It is a fantasy world. I believe the child should be taught from the… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
The lack of emotional security of our American young people is due, I believe, to their isolation from the larger family unit.… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
War is the most devastating endemic and epidemic disease the human race has to endure, and yet too little has been done to discover… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
No one really understood music unless he was a scientist, her father had declared, and not just a scientist, either, oh, no, only the… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
Upon the profound discontent of the young in every country do I set my faith. I beg you, the young, to be discontented. I… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Wang Lung sat smoking, thinking of the silver as it had lain upon the table. It had come out of the earth, this silver,… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“U meni postoji mjesto gdje živim posve sama; tu obnavljam svoja proljeća koja nikad ne presahnu” — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Brave young American men climbed the rugged slopes of Korean mountains and fought in homesickness and desperate weariness for the sake of a people… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
