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Willa Cather Quotes

Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness Picture Quote #1

Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke Picture Quote #1

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

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

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The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always Picture Quote #1

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper whether little or great, it belongs to Literature Picture Quote #1

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years Picture Quote #1

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies 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

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When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord Picture Quote #1

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen Picture Quote #1

Trees were so rare in that country, and they had to make such a hard fight to grow, that we used to feel anxious about them, and visit them as if they were persons. It must have been the scarcity of detail in that tawny landscape that made detail so precious Picture Quote #1

He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enough of the world to feel that all people are in some sense his own kind Picture Quote #1

Alcohol is perfectly consistent in its effects upon man. Drunkenness is merely an exaggeration. A foolish man drunk becomes maudlin; a bloody man, vicious; a coarse man, vulgar Picture Quote #1

Beautiful women, whose beauty meant more than it said... was their brilliancy always fed by something coarse and concealed? Was that their secret? Picture Quote #1

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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

We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it, for a little while Picture Quote #1

Nothing is far and nothing is near, if one desires. The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing: desire Picture Quote #1

Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is Picture Quote #1

There seemed to be nothing to see; no fences, no creeks or trees, no hills or fields. If there was a road, I could not make it out in the faint starlight. There was nothing but land: not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made Picture Quote #1

Men are all right for friends, but as soon as you marry them they turn into cranky old fathers, even the wild ones. They begin to tell you what's sensible and what's foolish, and want you to stick at home all the time. I prefer to be foolish when I feel like it, and be accountable to nobody Picture Quote #1

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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

The qualities of a second rate writer can easily be defined, but a first rate writer can only be experienced. It is just the thing in him which escapes analysis that makes him first rate Picture Quote #1

People can be lovers and enemies at the same time, you know. We were... A man and woman draw apart from that long embrace, and see what they have done to each other... In age we lose everything; even the power to love Picture Quote #1

In other searchings it might be the object of the quest that brought satisfaction, or it might be something incidental that one got on the way; but in religion, desire was fulfilment, it was the seeking itself that rewarded Picture Quote #1

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

One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world's end somewhere, and hold fast to the days, as to fortune or fame Picture Quote #1

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Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness (Willa Cather Quotes) Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves (Willa Cather Quotes) Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke (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) The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always (Willa Cather Quotes) The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper whether little or great, it belongs to Literature (Willa Cather Quotes) There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years (Willa Cather Quotes) To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies (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) When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord (Willa Cather Quotes) Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen (Willa Cather Quotes) Trees were so rare in that country, and they had to make such a hard fight to grow, that we used to feel anxious about them, and visit them as if they were persons. It must have been the scarcity of detail in that tawny landscape that made detail so precious (Willa Cather Quotes) He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enough of the world to feel that all people are in some sense his own kind (Willa Cather Quotes) Alcohol is perfectly consistent in its effects upon man. Drunkenness is merely an exaggeration. A foolish man drunk becomes maudlin; a bloody man, vicious; a coarse man, vulgar (Willa Cather Quotes) Beautiful women, whose beauty meant more than it said... was their brilliancy always fed by something coarse and concealed? Was that their secret? (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) We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it, for a little while (Willa Cather Quotes) Nothing is far and nothing is near, if one desires. The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing: desire (Willa Cather Quotes) Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is (Willa Cather Quotes) There seemed to be nothing to see; no fences, no creeks or trees, no hills or fields. If there was a road, I could not make it out in the faint starlight. There was nothing but land: not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made (Willa Cather Quotes) Men are all right for friends, but as soon as you marry them they turn into cranky old fathers, even the wild ones. They begin to tell you what's sensible and what's foolish, and want you to stick at home all the time. I prefer to be foolish when I feel like it, and be accountable to nobody (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 qualities of a second rate writer can easily be defined, but a first rate writer can only be experienced. It is just the thing in him which escapes analysis that makes him first rate (Willa Cather Quotes) People can be lovers and enemies at the same time, you know. We were... A man and woman draw apart from that long embrace, and see what they have done to each other... In age we lose everything; even the power to love (Willa Cather Quotes) In other searchings it might be the object of the quest that brought satisfaction, or it might be something incidental that one got on the way; but in religion, desire was fulfilment, it was the seeking itself that rewarded (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) One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world's end somewhere, and hold fast to the days, as to fortune or fame (Willa Cather Quotes)

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