Rachel Field
Rachel Field
Rachel Lyman Fieldwas an American novelist, poet, and children's fiction writer. She is best known for the Newbery Award-winning Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. Field also won a National Book Award, Newbery Honor award and two of her books are on the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth19 September 1894
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
sight littles towns
A little town is like a lantern. Nothing's hid from sight.
trying matter may
no matter how hard and faithfully we may try we can never compensate another for some lack in his or her life.
principles persons knows
You know the public is more easily swayed by persons than by principles.
hope cutting roots
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.
fire plenty
There's plenty of fire in the coldest flint!
jealousy envy people
When I was young they used to say people only threw stones at the tree that was loaded with fruit.
scandal way catching
And scandal has a way of catching up with those who disregard its power.
games waiting magic
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.