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Willa Cather Quotes about Life

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The end is nothing; the road is all.

The end is nothing; the road is all.

Willa Cather
Life, Ends
Willa Cather (1990). “Willa Cather in Person: Interviews, Speeches, and Letters”, p.76, U of Nebraska Press

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
Life, Wise, Niece
O Pioneers! pt. 2, ch. 4 (1913)

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

Willa Cather
Life, Death, Spiritual
Death Comes for the Archbishop bk. 9 (1927)

life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.

Willa Cather
Life, Running, Sweet
Willa Cather (2013). “The Best of Willa Cather”, p.375, Simon and Schuster

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

Willa Cather
Life, Beautiful, Truth
Willa Cather (2012). “The Song of the Lark”, p.305, Courier Corporation

Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.

Willa Cather
Inspirational, Life, Achievement
Willa Cather (2002). “The Professor's House”, p.30, U of Nebraska Press

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