Author: Willa Cather

Quotes

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.

- Willa Cather

Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer.

Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer.

- Willa Cather

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

- Willa Cather

Where there is great love, there are always wishes.

Where there is great love, there are always wishes.

- Willa Cather

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

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

It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of.

It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of.

- Willa Cather

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

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

- Willa Cather

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

- Willa Cather

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

- Willa Cather

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