There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed. Rachel Field More Quotes by Rachel Field More Quotes From Rachel Field Isnt it strange some people make You feel so tired inside, Your thoughts begin to shrivel up Like leaves all brown and dried!But when youre with some other ones Its stranger still to find Your thought as thick as fireflies All shiny in your mind! Rachel Field firefly tired thinking It's terrible when the weak are also cruel for then we are defenseless against them. Rachel Field weakness terrible weak You know the public is more easily swayed by persons than by principles. Rachel Field principles persons knows 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. Rachel Field cutting fire hope Doorbells are like a magic game, Rachel Field magic games waiting I was never one to begrudge people their memories. From a child I would listen when they spoke of the past. Rachel Field memories book children One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends. Rachel Field old-friends writing book Something told the wild geese Rachel Field autumn summer winter There's plenty of fire in the coldest flint! Rachel Field plenty fire ...his hoofbeats fall like rain, over and over again. Rachel Field horse rain fall I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted. Rachel Field public-opinion fire wind The sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught. Rachel Field experience sight bird When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit. Rachel Field envy jealousy people And scandal has a way of catching up with those who disregard its power. Rachel Field catching-up scandal way no matter how hard and faithfully we may try we can never compensate another for some lack in his or her life. Rachel Field matter may trying A little town is like a lantern. Nothing's hid from sight. Rachel Field towns sight littles Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it. Rachel Field oasis desert happiness There was no reality to pain when it left one, though while it held one fast all other realities faded. Rachel Field left pain reality 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! Rachel Field differences ambition feelings I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused. Rachel Field confused ambition thinking