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Willa Cather quotes

American Author December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947

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Willa Cather quote: "You never really knew a man, he said, until you saw him die"
You never really knew a man, he said, until you saw him die Willa Cather
His ideas about the future would not crystallize; the more he tried to think about it, the vaguer his conception if it became. Willa Cather
He was entirely rid of his nervous misgivings, of his forced aggressiveness, of the imperative desire to show himself different from his surroundings. He felt now that his surroundings explained him. Willa Cather
Willa Cather quote: "The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a..."
The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman. Willa Cather
Willa Cather quote: "Avarice, he assured them, was the one passion that grew..."
Avarice, he assured them, was the one passion that grew stronger and sweeter in old age. Willa Cather
When people ask me if it has been a hard or easy road, I always answer with the same quotation, the end is nothing, the road is all. Willa Cather Willa Cather
Willa Cather quote: "Ah! the terror and the delight of that moment when first we..."
Ah! the terror and the delight of that moment when first we fear ourselves! Until then we have not lived. Willa Cather
Willa Cather quote: "Freedom so often means that one isn't needed anywhere."
Freedom so often means that one isn't needed anywhere. Willa Cather
Willa Cather quote: "I wanted to walk straight on through the red grass and over..."
I wanted to walk straight on through the red grass and over the edge of the world, which could not be very far away. Willa Cather
The glorious transmutation of autumn had come on: all the vast Canadian shores were clothed with a splendour never seen in France; to which all the pageants of all the kings were as a taper to the sun. Willa Cather
Willa Cather quote: "I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they..."
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. Willa Cather
Willa Cather quote: "No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another..."
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. Willa Cather
Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement. Willa Cather
Willa Cather quote: "The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by..."
The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand. Willa Cather
Willa Cather quote: "Our tree became the talking tree of the fairy tale; legends..."
Our tree became the talking tree of the fairy tale; legends and stories nestled like birds in its branches. Willa Cather

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