Willa Cather

"To be great, one must first know oneself."

"Money is a very strange thing. People trust it more than the government."

"The breaking of the dawn brings a new courage to face the day."

"I avoided asking, and avoided speaking of him; that seemed the most honorable thing."

"More than anyone else, a child must be permitted to think whatever it thinks."

"The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own."

"One can't do anything for people who are not interested in helping themselves."

"The successful candidate is one who understands that the voter's interest is always supreme."

"Youth is not a question of years, but of attitudes and courage."

"The heart of the matter remains incomprehensible to most."

"There are many rough places that need smoothing down."

"I think I mean what I say in my books."

"That is the happiness of belonging to the universe; being a small part of something boundless and eternal."

"Our towns are full of memories."

"No one is ever quite happy in those days when they are wishing for what they cannot have."