Author: Willa Cather

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

- 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

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

Where there is great love, there are always wishes.

Where there is great love, there are always wishes.

- Willa Cather

I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived.

I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived.

- Willa Cather

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