Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Inspirational Quotes (32)

But to make the intangible tangible, to pick the emotion out of the air and make it true for others, is both the blessing and the curse of the writer, for the thing between book covers is never as beautiful as the thing he imagined.

I had done battle with a great fear and the victory was mine.

We cannot live without the Earth or apart from it, and something is shrivelled in a man's heart when he turns away from it and concerns himself only with the affairs of men

Two elements enter into successful and happy gatherings at table. The food, whether simple or elaborate, must be carefully prepared willingly prepared imaginatively prepared. And the guests - friends, family or strangers - must be conscious of their welcome.

it is my conviction that the personality of the writer has nothing to do with the literate product of his mind. And publicity in this case embarrasses me because I am acutely conscious of how far short the book falls of the artistry I am struggling to achieve. It's like being caught half-dressed.

the inferred is always more effective than the obvious.

Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.

A man'll seem like a person to a woman, year in, year out. She'll put up and she'll put up. Then one day he'll do something maybe no worse than what he's been a-doing all his life. She'll look at him. And without no warning he'll look like a varmint.