Be Born Anywhere, Little Embryo

Many People Lose The Small Joys In The Hope For The Big Happiness.

Just About Everything Significant In My Life Happened After I Passed Forty. I Was A Housewife And Mother, But Yearned To Be A Writer. I Worked At My Writing Whenever I Could Snatch A Moment, And I Assembled Several Manuscripts. I Was Just About Forty When My First Novel, East Wind, West Wind, Was Published. Then A Few Months Later Came The Good Earth. My Career Was Launched At Last, And It Has Given Me The Richest Possible Satisfaction

When One Commits One's Self To An Airborne Craft And The Door Is Fastened Against Earth And Home, There Is No Escape Even By Running Away. The Result Is A Strange Sense Of Peace - Desperate, Perhaps, But Peace.

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.

Race Prejudice Is Not Only A Shadow Over The Colored It Is A Shadow Over All Of Us, And The Shadow Is Darkest Over Those Who Feel It Least And Allow Its Evil Effects To Go On.