I don't want anyone reading my writing to think about style. I just want them to be in the story. Willa Cather More Quotes by Willa Cather More Quotes From Willa Cather The summer moon hung full in the sky. For the time being it was the great fact of the world. Willa Cather moonsummersky Money is a protection, a cloak; it can buy one quiet, and some sort of dignity. Willa Cather protectiondignityquiet It is easy to pity when once one's vanity has been tickled. Willa Cather pityvanityeasy Youth, art, love, dreams, true-heartedness - why must they go out of the summer world into darkness? Willa Cather summerdreamart What if - what if Life itself were the sweetheart? Willa Cather sweetheartwhat-ififs The emptiness was intense, like the stillness in a great factory when the machinery stops running. Willa Cather emptinesssilencerunning The trees and shrubbery seemed well-groomed and social, like pleasant people. Willa Cather socialtreepeople This land was an enigma. It was like a horse that no one knows how to break to harness, that runs wild and kicks things to pieces. Willa Cather horselandrunning An artist's saddest secrets are those that have to do with his artistry. Willa Cather artistryartistsecret Most publishers, like most writers, are ruined by their successes. Willa Cather ruinedpublishers Loyal? As loyal as anyone who plays second fiddle ever is. Willa Cather envyloyalplay It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of. Willa Cather matterdreamworld One may have staunch friends in one's own family, but one seldom has admirers. Willa Cather admirerfamilymay She had only to stand in the orchard, to put her hand on a little crab tree and look up at the apples, to make you feel the goodness of planting and tending and harvesting at last. Willa Cather autumnappleshands Success is less interesting than struggle. There is great pleasure in the effort. Willa Cather effortstruggleinteresting A creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies. Willa Cather creativecharacterlying New things are always ugly. Willa Cather newnessnew-thingsugly The heart, when it is too much alive, aches for that brown earth, and ecstasy has no fear of death. Willa Cather too-muchaliveheart The more observing ones may have seen, but discerning people are usually discreet and often kind, for we usually bleed a little before we begin to discern. Willa Cather maylittlespeople People always think the bread of another country is better than their own. Willa Cather countrypeoplethinking
