Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferberwas an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big, Show Boat, Cimarron, and Giant...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 August 1887
CityKalamazoo, MI
CountryUnited States of America
love christmas feelings
Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.
girl women hair
[Women] ... is nothin' but little girls in long skirts, and their hair done up.
dream home soul
We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.
garden green weapons
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.
trying fool love-conquers-all
Whoever said love conquers all was a fool. Because almost everything conquers love - or tries to.
bullying hands bully
A placated bully is a hand-fed bully.
rich poor social
The very rich and the very social are, often, the very stuffy.
acceptance men land
I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours.
wine men europe
Most of the men regarded Europe as a wine list. In their mental geography Rheims, Rhine, Moselle, Bordeaux, Champagne, or Würzburg were not localities but libations.
hate people complaining
don't you hate people who say they're not complaining and then complain?
food soul cobblers
Cherry cobbler is shortcake with a soul.
wheels fixed ends
You lose in the end unless you know how the wheel is fixed or can fix it yourself.
greatness texas confusing
here in Texas maybe we've got into the habit of confusing bigness with greatness.
sheep goats concern
The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.