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The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big… — Willa Cather

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

Willa Cather
The Song of the Lark · 1915
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1915
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Willa Cather
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Cather, Willa. The Song of the Lark. Vintage, 1999, pt. 1, ch. 9.
Original citation
Cather, Willa. The Song of the Lark. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915, pt. 1, ch. 9.

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