Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.
Edna FerberThe astronomers tell us that other planets are gifted with two - four - even nine lavish moons. Imagine the romantic possibilities of nine moons.
Edna FerberIt sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here.
Edna FerberI suppose it is a gift, being young, but it isn't special. We've all got it, early in life.
Edna FerberI sat staring up at a shelf in my workroom from which thirty-one books identically dressed in neat dark green leather stared back at me with a sort of cold hostility like children who resent their parents. Don't stare at us like that! they said. Don't blame us if we didn't turn out to be the perfection you expected. We didn't ask to be brought into the world.
Edna Ferber