The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor. 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 moon summer sky Money is a protection, a cloak; it can buy one quiet, and some sort of dignity. Willa Cather protection dignity quiet It is easy to pity when once one's vanity has been tickled. Willa Cather pity vanity easy Youth, art, love, dreams, true-heartedness - why must they go out of the summer world into darkness? Willa Cather summer dream art What if - what if Life itself were the sweetheart? Willa Cather sweetheart what-if ifs The emptiness was intense, like the stillness in a great factory when the machinery stops running. Willa Cather emptiness silence running The trees and shrubbery seemed well-groomed and social, like pleasant people. Willa Cather social tree people 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 horse land running An artist's saddest secrets are those that have to do with his artistry. Willa Cather artistry artist secret Most publishers, like most writers, are ruined by their successes. Willa Cather ruined publishers Loyal? As loyal as anyone who plays second fiddle ever is. Willa Cather envy loyal play It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of. Willa Cather matter dream world One may have staunch friends in one's own family, but one seldom has admirers. Willa Cather admirer family may 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 autumn apples hands Success is less interesting than struggle. There is great pleasure in the effort. Willa Cather effort struggle interesting A creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies. Willa Cather creative character lying New things are always ugly. Willa Cather newness new-things ugly The heart, when it is too much alive, aches for that brown earth, and ecstasy has no fear of death. Willa Cather too-much alive heart 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 may littles people People always think the bread of another country is better than their own. Willa Cather country people thinking
