WCWilla Cather

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Willa Cather

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01Undated

I am enjoying to a full that period of reflection which is the happiest conclusion to a life of action.

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02Undated

No one can builu her security upon the nobleness of another person.

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03Undated

Art it seems to me should simplify.

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04Undated

In this world people have to pay an extortionate price for any exceptional gift whatever.

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05Undated

Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness.

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06Undated

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

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07Undated

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

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08Undated

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens.

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09Undated

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

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10Undated

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.

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11Undated

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

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