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Willa Cather Quotes

The two friends stood for a few moments on the windy street corner, not speaking a word, as two travelers, who have lost their way, sometimes stand and admit their perplexity in silence. (O Pioneers!) Picture Quote #1

The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world Picture Quote #1

Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again Picture Quote #1

Youth, when it is hurt, likes to feel itself betrayed Picture Quote #1

Miracles surround us at every turn if we but sharpen our perceptions of them Picture Quote #1

If there were no girls like them in the world, there would be no poetry Picture Quote #1

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An artist’s saddest secrets are those that have to do with his artistry Picture Quote #1

Most publishers, like most writers, are ruined by their successes Picture Quote #1

Oh, that’s the beauty of the rose, that it blossoms and dies Picture Quote #1

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do Picture Quote #1

Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything Picture Quote #1

The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young Picture Quote #1

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The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor Picture Quote #1

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own Picture Quote #1

What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose Picture Quote #1

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them. When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless Picture Quote #1

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family, but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything Picture Quote #1

Art and religion (they are the same thing, in the end, of course) have given man the only happiness he has ever had Picture Quote #1

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The world is always full of brilliant youth which fades into grey and embittered middle age: the first flowering takes everything. The great men are those who have developed slowly, or who have been able to survive the glamour of their early florescence and to go on learning from life Picture Quote #1

I suppose there were moonless nights and dark ones with but a silver shaving and pale stars in the sky, but I remember them all as flooded with the rich indolence of a full moon Picture Quote #1

The sky was a midnight blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water lily, floating forward with an invisible current Picture Quote #1

Freedom so often means that one isn’t needed anywhere Picture Quote #1

A watch is the most essential part of a lecture Picture Quote #1

The prayers of all good people are good Picture Quote #1

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Hunger is a powerful incentive to introspection Picture Quote #1

To note an artist’s limitations is but to define his talent Picture Quote #1

Success is less interesting than struggle. There is great pleasure in the effort Picture Quote #1

Life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose Picture Quote #1

A burnt dog dreads the fire Picture Quote #1

Art, it seems to me, should simplify Picture Quote #1

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The two friends stood for a few moments on the windy street corner, not speaking a word, as two travelers, who have lost their way, sometimes stand and admit their perplexity in silence. (O Pioneers!) (Willa Cather Quotes) The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world (Willa Cather Quotes) Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again (Willa Cather Quotes) Youth, when it is hurt, likes to feel itself betrayed (Willa Cather Quotes) Miracles surround us at every turn if we but sharpen our perceptions of them (Willa Cather Quotes) If there were no girls like them in the world, there would be no poetry (Willa Cather Quotes) An artist’s saddest secrets are those that have to do with his artistry (Willa Cather Quotes) Most publishers, like most writers, are ruined by their successes (Willa Cather Quotes) Oh, that’s the beauty of the rose, that it blossoms and dies (Willa Cather Quotes) I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do (Willa Cather Quotes) Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything (Willa Cather Quotes) The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young (Willa Cather Quotes) The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor (Willa Cather Quotes) The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own (Willa Cather Quotes) What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose (Willa Cather Quotes) When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them. When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless (Willa Cather Quotes) Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family, but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything (Willa Cather Quotes) Art and religion (they are the same thing, in the end, of course) have given man the only happiness he has ever had (Willa Cather Quotes) The world is always full of brilliant youth which fades into grey and embittered middle age: the first flowering takes everything. The great men are those who have developed slowly, or who have been able to survive the glamour of their early florescence and to go on learning from life (Willa Cather Quotes) I suppose there were moonless nights and dark ones with but a silver shaving and pale stars in the sky, but I remember them all as flooded with the rich indolence of a full moon (Willa Cather Quotes) The sky was a midnight blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water lily, floating forward with an invisible current (Willa Cather Quotes) Freedom so often means that one isn’t needed anywhere (Willa Cather Quotes) A watch is the most essential part of a lecture (Willa Cather Quotes) The prayers of all good people are good (Willa Cather Quotes) Hunger is a powerful incentive to introspection (Willa Cather Quotes) To note an artist’s limitations is but to define his talent (Willa Cather Quotes) Success is less interesting than struggle. There is great pleasure in the effort (Willa Cather Quotes) Life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose (Willa Cather Quotes) A burnt dog dreads the fire (Willa Cather Quotes) Art, it seems to me, should simplify (Willa Cather Quotes)

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