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Willa Cather

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The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.


— Willa Cather


#life

Where there is great love, there are always miracles.


— Willa Cather


#love

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


— Willa Cather


#age #basic #before #fifteen #material

It's all very well to tell us to forgive our enemies; our enemies can never hurt us very much. But oh, what about forgiving our friends?


— Willa Cather


#friendship #forgiveness

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.


— Willa Cather


#emperor #fact #girl #i #never

What was any art but a mold to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself- life hurrying past us and running away, to strong to stop, too sweet to lose.


— Willa Cather


#art

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep.


— Willa Cather


#nature

People can be lovers and enemies at the same time, you know.


— Willa Cather


#love

I wondered if the life that was right for one was ever right for two!


— Willa Cather


#life

The old man smiled. 'I shall not die of a cold, my son. I shall die of having lived.


— Willa Cather


#death






About Willa Cather

Willa Cather Quotes




Did you know about Willa Cather?

She had been attending Episcopal services since 1906. Although Willa Cather was born into a Baptist family Cather joined the Episcopal Church in 1922. In 1923 Willa Cather was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours (1922) a novel set during World War I.

In 1923 Willa Cather was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours (1922) a novel set during World War I. She lived and worked in Pittsburgh for ten years then at the age of 33 Willa Cather moved to New York where Willa Cather lived for the rest of her life.

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