Author: 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.

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

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

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

- 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

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

- 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

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

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

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

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