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“ A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects. ”

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Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!

~ Edna Ferber

Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.

~ Edna Ferber

It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here.

~ Edna Ferber

A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't.

~ Edna Ferber