Edna Ferber quotes

Edna Ferber was an American novelist and playwright renowned for her vivid portrayals of American life. Many of her works, such as "So Big" and "Giant," have become classics and were adapted into major films. She remains celebrated for her strong, pioneering female characters and her impact on 20th-century literature. Here are 17 of her quotes:

Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little. (Edna Ferber)
Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling. View quote
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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. View quote
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If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics. View quote
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Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way. View quote
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A closed mind is a dying mind. View quote
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Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant. View quote
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But always, to her, red and green cabbages were to be jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry. Life has no weapons against a woman like that. View quote
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Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle. View quote
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A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle. View quote
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It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here. (Edna Ferber)
Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. View quote
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Any garment which is cut to fit you is much more becoming, even if it is not so splendid as a garment which has been cut to fit somebody not of your stature. View quote
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Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. View quote
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Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing - for life itself is a writer's love until death. View quote
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Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets. View quote
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late. View quote
Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber

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Occupation: American Novelist
Born: August 15, 1885
Died: April 16, 1968
Quotes count: 17