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Happiness2 quotes
That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep. — Willa Cather · 1918One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world's end somewhere, and holds fast to the days, as to fortune or fame. — Willa Cather · 1902The human condition2 quotes
Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things. — Willa Cather · 1929There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years. — Willa Cather · 1913Adversity1 quote
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. — Willa Cather · 1915America1 quote
There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made. — Willa Cather · 1918American frontier1 quote
There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made. — Willa Cather · 1918Carpe diem1 quote
There's nothing so dangerous as sitting still. You've only got one life, one youth, and you can let it slip through your fingers if you want to; nothing easier. Most people do that. — Willa Cather · 1912Connecting with others1 quote
The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own. — Willa Cather · 1925Contentment1 quote
That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep. — Willa Cather · 1918Desire1 quote
The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing-desire. — Willa Cather · 1915Ephemeral nature of life1 quote
We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it-for a little while. — Willa Cather · 1913Exile1 quote
Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family-but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything. — Willa Cather · 1931Friends1 quote
Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family-but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything. — Willa Cather · 1931Friendship1 quote
Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family-but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything. — Willa Cather · 1931Hate1 quote
I tell you, there is such a thing as creative hate! — Willa Cather · 1915History1 quote
The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman. — Willa Cather · 1913Impermanence1 quote
We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it-for a little while. — Willa Cather · 1913Inscrutability1 quote
The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own. — Willa Cather · 1925Intimacy1 quote
The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own. — Willa Cather · 1925Learning1 quote
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. — Willa Cather · 1915Life lessons1 quote
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. — Willa Cather · 1915Limits of knowledge1 quote
The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own. — Willa Cather · 1925Loneliness1 quote
Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family-but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything. — Willa Cather · 1931Love1 quote
Where there is great love, there are always miracles. — Willa Cather · 1927Miracles1 quote
Where there is great love, there are always miracles. — Willa Cather · 1927Modern life1 quote
Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things. — Willa Cather · 1929Nations1 quote
The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman. — Willa Cather · 1913Nature1 quote
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. — Willa Cather · 1913Nature of history1 quote
The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman. — Willa Cather · 1913Pain1 quote
People live through such pain only once. Pain comes again-but it finds a tougher surface. — Willa Cather · 1915Plus ca change1 quote
There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years. — Willa Cather · 1913