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Willa Cather Quotes about Desire

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When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord.

When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord.

Willa Cather
Desire, Looks, Want
Willa Cather (2012). “The Song of the Lark”, p.256, Courier Corporation

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

Willa Cather
People, Desire, World
Willa Cather (1970). “The World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews, 1893-1902”, p.5, U of Nebraska Press

In other searchings it might be the object of the quest that brought satisfaction, or it might be something incidental that one got on the way; but in religion, desire was fulfilment, it was the seeking itself that rewarded.

Willa Cather
Desire, Quests, Might
Willa Cather (1938). “The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather ...”

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