None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.

Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old... - Wang Lung

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.

We must have hope or starve to death.

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.

I am always glad when any of my books can be put into an inexpensive edition, because I like to think that any people who might wish to read them can do so. Surely books ought to be within reach of everybody.

It is better to be first with an ugly woman than the hundreth with a beauty.