Rachel Field Quotes

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

...his hoofbeats fall like rain, over and over again.

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

There's plenty of fire in the coldest flint!

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

No hardy perennial has the enduring quality of hope. Cut it to the roots, stamp it underfoot, let frost and fire work their will, and still some valiant shoot will push, to grow again on such scanty fare as it can find. Only time and the cruel quicklime of fact can destroy that stubborn urgency.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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