Quotes by Willa Cather
“The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.”— Willa Cather
“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own.”— Willa Cather
“Whatever is felt upon the page without being specifically named there — that, one might say, is created.”— Willa Cather
“One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance...”— Willa Cather
“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
“Miracles... seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power... but upon our perceptions being made finer.”— Willa Cather
“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.”— Willa Cather
“I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.”— Willa Cather
“The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one great thing, to live to see the great day that dawns and the light that fills the world.”— Willa Cather