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			<div class="quotes"><div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/pearl-s.-buck" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Pearl S. Buck"  src="//izquotes.com/images/pearl-s-buck-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/pearl-s.-buck/a-good-marriage-is-one-which-allows-for-change-and-growth-in-the-individuals-and-in-the-way-they-26412" class="qlink">A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/pearl-s.-buck">Pearl S. Buck</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/pearl-s.-buck/a-good-marriage-is-one-which-allows-for-change-and-growth-in-the-individuals-and-in-the-way-they-26412',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fpearl-s.-buck%2Fa-good-marriage-is-one-which-allows-for-change-and-growth-in-the-individuals-and-in-the-way-they-26412&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=A+good+marriage+is+one+which+allows+for+change+and+growth+in+the+individuals+and+in+the+way...+%28Pearl+S.+Buck%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fpearl-s.-buck%2Fa-good-marriage-is-one-which-allows-for-change-and-growth-in-the-individuals-and-in-the-way-they-26412',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/pearl-s.-buck/a-good-marriage-is-one-which-allows-for-change-and-growth-in-the-individuals-and-in-the-way-they-26412" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/pearl-s.-buck" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Pearl S. Buck"  src="//izquotes.com/images/pearl-s-buck-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/pearl-s.-buck/growth-itself-contains-the-germ-of-happiness-26417" class="qlink">Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/pearl-s.-buck">Pearl S. Buck</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> To My Daughters, With Love (1967)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/pearl-s.-buck/growth-itself-contains-the-germ-of-happiness-26417',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fpearl-s.-buck%2Fgrowth-itself-contains-the-germ-of-happiness-26417&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Growth+itself+contains+the+germ+of+happiness.+%28Pearl+S.+Buck%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fpearl-s.-buck%2Fgrowth-itself-contains-the-germ-of-happiness-26417',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/pearl-s.-buck/growth-itself-contains-the-germ-of-happiness-26417" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/pearl-s.-buck" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Pearl S. Buck"  src="//izquotes.com/images/pearl-s-buck-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/pearl-s.-buck/i-don-t-wait-for-moods-you-accomplish-nothing-if-you-do-that-your-mind-must-know-it-has-got-to-26420" class="qlink">I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/pearl-s.-buck">Pearl S. Buck</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> As quoted in: The Reader's Digest, Volume 56 (1950), p. 17</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/pearl-s.-buck/i-don-t-wait-for-moods-you-accomplish-nothing-if-you-do-that-your-mind-must-know-it-has-got-to-26420',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fpearl-s.-buck%2Fi-don-t-wait-for-moods-you-accomplish-nothing-if-you-do-that-your-mind-must-know-it-has-got-to-26420&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=I+don%27t+wait+for+moods.+You+accomplish+nothing+if+you+do+that.+Your+mind+must+know+it+has+got...+%28Pearl+S.+Buck%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fpearl-s.-buck%2Fi-don-t-wait-for-moods-you-accomplish-nothing-if-you-do-that-your-mind-must-know-it-has-got-to-26420',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/pearl-s.-buck/i-don-t-wait-for-moods-you-accomplish-nothing-if-you-do-that-your-mind-must-know-it-has-got-to-26420" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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