Rachel Field Quotes

And scandal has a way of catching up with those who disregard its power.

You know the public is more easily swayed by persons than by principles.

The more one suffered and lived, the more one had known of joy and grief, the deeper the response must be if an artist were great enough to summon it.

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

Doorbells are like a magic game,
Or the grab-bag at a fair
You never know when you hear one ring
Who may be waiting there.

The difference between ambition and discontent is quite a fine line and sometimes it is hard to tell which is which and which you are feeling!

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.

The sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught.

Affections cannot be stolen, madam. They are given freely or not at all.

I was never one to begrudge people their memories. From a child I would listen when they spoke of the past.

There's plenty of fire in the coldest flint!

It's terrible when the weak are also cruel for then we are defenseless against them.

When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.

No matter how hard and faithfully we may try we can never compensate another for some lack in his or her life.

A little town is like a lantern. Nothing's hid from sight.

There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.

His hoofbeats fall like rain, over and over again.

I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.

I used to think I had ambition ... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.