Her husband had archaic ideas about jewels; a man bought them for his wife in acknowledgement of things he could not gracefully utter.
Willa CatherI wanted to walk straight on through the red grass and over the edge of the world, which could not be very far away.
Willa CatherOur tree became the talking tree of the fairy tale; legends and stories nestled like birds in its branches.
Willa CatherThe world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.
Willa CatherTag: desire
A pioneer should have imagination, should be able to enjoy the idea of things more than the things themselves.
Willa CatherHis ideas about the future would not crystallize; the more he tried to think about it, the vaguer his conception if it became.
Willa CatherShe had felt as if her heart were hiding down there, somewhere, with the quail and the plover and all the little wild things that crooned or buzzed in the sun. Under the long shaggy ridges, she felt the future stirring.
Willa CatherFreedom so often means that one isn't needed anywhere.
Willa CatherPeople have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find.
Willa CatherShe began to wonder whether she would not do better to finish her life alone. What was left of life seemed unimportant.
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