Willa Cather

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