To those at the great house it means nothing, this handful of earth, but to me it means how much!" (Buck, 57)

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

And to him war was a thing like earth and sky and water and why it was no one knew but only that it was.

The narrator refers to a character as "an oily scoundrel whose hands were heavy with the money that stuck to them.

Gratitude is the best food to start and sustain you. Hankering creates hunger, unhappiness, bellyache, headache and heartache - and often leaves a bitter taste

Music may be his passion -- but this, right here, was his dream.

...you ask me why I compare you to stars - it's simple - that's where your goddess has fled...

I will not negotiate with the undead!

Democracy is about criticism.

From the time I was six years old, I wanted to be a BMX Racer and be the best.

Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

I think that, for sure, we as women should try and realize that it's more about having someone to share.

When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world.

I'm going to do whatever it takes to be able to affect people the same way I've been affected by the music I love.