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Where there is great love, there are always wishes. ↗

— Willa Cather

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There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before. ↗

— Willa Cather

#fiercely #go #had #happened #human

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

— Willa Cather

#another #been #close #dark #forest

Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact. ↗

— Willa Cather

#give #new #new word #people #think

A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one. ↗

— Willa Cather

#how #like #matter #new #old

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

#ghastly #god #hands #i #i think

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

— Willa Cather

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In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#could #help #heroic #industrious #misfortunes

The more a man knows, the more he forgives. ↗

— Catherine II

#knows #man #more

Your wit makes others witty. ↗

— Catherine II

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