Rachel Field Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

There's plenty of fire in the coldest flint!

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

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

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!

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.