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-Pearl S. Buck
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Pearl S. Buck
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Youth
Revelations
You Are Free When You Gain Back Yourself,” Madame Wu Said. “you Can Be As Free Within These Walls As You Could Be In The Whole World. And How Could You Be Free If, However Far You Wander, You Still Carry Inside Yourself The Constant Thought Of Him? See Where You Belong In The Stream Of Life. Let It Flow Through You, Cool And Strong. Do Not Dam It With Your Two Hands, Lest He Break The Dam And So Escape You. Let Him Go Free, And You Will Be Free.
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Sex
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Discovery
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Brain
Principles
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Landscape
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Wonder
Life Is
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Infinity
Possibility
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Kindness
Angel
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Sea
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Her Beauty
Care
... [i]n Any War A Victory Means Another War, And Yet Another, Until Some Day Inevitably The Tides Turn, And The Victor Is The Vanquished, And The Circle Reverses Itself, But Remains Nevertheless A Circle.
Peace
War
Mean
I Am Not Given To Superstition, Yet There Are Certain Places In Old Asian Countries Where Human Beings Have Been Born And Have Lived And Died For So Many Generations That The Very Earth Is Saturated With Their Flesh And The Air Seems Crowded With Their Continuing Presence.
Country
Air
Land
In Our Changing World Nothing Changes More Than Geography.
World
Things Change
Geography
You Are Right,” He Had Said. “love Is Not The Word. No One Can Love His Neighbor. Say, Rather, ‘know Thy Neighbor As Thyself.” That Is, Comprehend His Hardships And Understand His Position, Deal With His Faults As Gently As With Your Own. Do Not Judge Him Where You Do Not Judge Yourself. Madame, This Is The Meaning Of The Word Love.
Love Is
Judging
Hardship
There Will Be No Real Content Among American Women Unless They Are Made And Kept More Ignorant Or Unless They Are Given Equal Opportunity With Men To Use What They Have Been Taught. And American Men Will Not Be Really Happy Until Their Women Are.
Real
Opportunity
Men
The Boundary Between Civilization And Barbarism Is Difficult To Draw: Put One Ring In Your Nose And You Are A Savage, Put Two Rings In Your Ears And You Are Civilized.
Civilization
Two
Savages
Growth Itself Contains The Germ Of Happiness.
Happiness
Happy
Cheer
If There Is No Other Life, Then This One Has Been Enough To Make It Worth Being Born Myself...a Human Being.
Enough
Born
Humans
The Truly Creative Mind In Any Field Is No More Than This: A Human Creature Born Abnormally, Inhumanly Sensitive. To Him... A Touch Is A Blow, A Sound Is A Noise, A Misfortune Is A Tragedy, A Joy Is An Ecstasy, A Friend Is A Lover, A Lover Is A God, And Failure Is Death.
Blow
Creative
Joy
Perhaps One Has To Be Very Old Before One Learns To Be Amused Rather Than Shocked.
Sweet
Time
Grandma
Men Would Rather Be Starving And Free Than Fed In Bonds.
Freedom
Men
Ties
Write A Novel If You Must, But Think Of Money As An Unlikely Accident. Get Your Reward Out Of Writing It, And Try To Be Content With That.
Writing
Thinking
Trying
None But The Ignorant Can Be Bored By Life. To The Lovers Of Learning, Life Is Pure Adventure Shared With Adventurers.
Life
Adventure
Bored
The Mind That Doggedly Insists On Prejudice Often Has Not Intelligence Enough To Change.
Justice
Diversity
Mind
Doing And Being Are Very Closely Tied Together, And Unless You Are Doing What You Secretly Want To Do, You Aren't Able To Be The Sort Of Person You Want To Be.
Together
Want
Able
I Know That The Only Completely Happy Life For Man And For Woman Is Their Life, First Together, And Then With Their Children. I Am A Firm Believer That No Marriage Can Be Really Happy, And No Home A Happy One For The Children As Well, Unless Man Puts Woman First And Woman Puts Man First, Each For The Other The Giver Of Every Good Gift. Children Are The Fruit Of This Total Love.
Children
Home
Happy Life
Nothing In Life Is As Good As The Marriage Of True Minds Between Man And Woman. As Good? It Is Life Itself.
Men
Mind
Life Is
The Person Who Tries To Live Alone Will Not Succeed As A Human Being. His Heart Withers If It Does Not Answer Another Heart. His Mind Shrinks Away If He Hears Only The Echoes Of His Own Thoughts And Finds No Other Inspiration.
Love
Lonely
Loneliness
It Is Difficult Not To Wonder Whether That Combination Of Elements Which Produces A Machine For Labor Does Not Create Also A Soul Of Sorts, A Dull Resentful Metallic Will, Which Can Rebel At Times.
Technology
Soul
Rebel
There Are Many Ways Of Breaking A Heart. Stories Were Full Of Hearts Broken By Love, But What Really Broke A Heart Was Taking Away Its Dream -- Whatever That Dream Might Be.
Love
Friendship
Broken Heart
It Is Not Healthy When A Nation Lives Within A Nation, As Colored Americans Are Living Inside America. A Nation Cannot Live Confident Of Its Tomorrow If Its Refugees Are Among Its Own Citizens.
America
Justice
Diversity
The Heart Never Grows Old.
Heart
Grows
Only The Brave Should Teach....teaching Is A Vocation. It Is As Sacred As Priesthood; As Innate A Desire, As Inescapable As The Genius Which Compels A Great Artist. If He Has Not The Concern For Humanity, The Love Of Living Creatures, The Vision Of The Priest And The Artist, He Must Not Teach.
Teaching
Artist
Brave
We Send Missionaries To China So The Chinese Can Get To Heaven, But We Won't Let Them Into Our Country.
Country
Diversity
Heaven
The Only Real Danger To Our Country Is From Within, That We Forget Our Own Power To Be What We Want To Be.
Country
Real
United States
Nothing And No One Can Destroy The Chinese People. They Are Relentless Survivors.
People
Chinese
Survivor
There Will Never Cease To Be Ferment In The World Unless People Are Sure Of Their Food.
People
World
Food Banks
Order Is The Shape Upon Which Beauty Depends.
Inspirational
Beauty
Order
The Lack Of Emotional Security Of Our American Young People Is Due, I Believe, To Their Isolation From The Larger Family Unit. No Two People - No Mere Father And Mother - As I Have Often Said, Are Enough To Provide Emotional Security For A Child. He Needs To Feel Himself One In A World Of Kinfolk, Persons Of Variety In Age And Temperament, And Yet Allied To Himself By An Indissoluble Bond Which He Cannot Break If He Could, For Nature Has Welded Him Into It Before He Was Born.
Family
Mother
Children
Never, If You Can Possibly Help It, Write A Novel. It Is, In The First Place, A Thoroughly Unsocial Act. It Makes One Obnoxious To One's Family And To One's Friends. One Sits About For Many Weeks, Months, Even Years, In The Worst Cases, In A State Of Stupefaction.
Writing
Years
Months
I Learned Early To Understand That There Is No Such Condition In Human Affairs As Absolute Truth. There Is Only Truth As People See It, And Truth, Even In Fact, May Be Kaleidoscopic In Its Variety. The Damage Such Perception Did To Me I Have Felt Ever Sincei Could Never Belong Entirely To One Side Of Any Question.
Truth
People
Perception
It May Be That Religion Is Dead, And If It Is, We Had Better Know It And Set Ourselves To Try To Discover Other Sources Of Moral Strength Before It Is Too Late.
Discovery
Religion
Atheism
As For Inhibitions, I've Spent A Lifetime Developing Them, And I Don't Intend To Lose Them.
Lifetime
Inhibitions
Developing
I Do Not Believe There Is Any Important Difference Between Men And Women - Certainly Not As Much As They May Be Between One Woman And Another Or One Man And Another.
Believe
Men
Differences
A Favorite Means Of Escaping The Solution To Any Problem Is To Declare It Too Complex For Solution. This Absolves Us From Attempting Solution. ... Any Problem Is Too Complex To Solve When We Do Not Wish To Accept The Conditions Of Solution. Solution Is Possible Where Acceptance Is Ready.
Mean
Acceptance
Escaping
War Is The Most Devastating Endemic And Epidemic Disease The Human Race Has To Endure, And Yet Too Little Has Been Done To Discover And Eliminate Its Cause By Intelligent Early Control.
War
Intelligent
Epidemics
No One Really Understood Music Unless He Was A Scientist, Her Father Had Declared, And Not Just A Scientist, Either, Oh, No, Only The Real Ones, The Theoreticians, Whose Language Was Mathematics. She Had Not Understood Mathematics Until He Had Explained To Her That It Was The Symbolic Language Of Relationships. "and Relationships," He Had Told Her, "contained The Essential Meaning Of Life."
Life
Real
Father
Believing In Gods Always Causes Confusion.
Believe
Confusion
Causes
Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.


2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.


2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.


2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.


3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.


3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.


3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.



4. Proper Usage of Quotes


4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.


4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.


4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).


5. Common Mistakes to Avoid


5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.


5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.


5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.



6. Quotes in Different Contexts


6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.


6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.


6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.



7. Punctuation and Formatting


Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:


Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.


Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.


Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.



8. Ethical Considerations


Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes


Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.



Conclusion


Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.


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