Willa Cather

"Every person has his hour."

"The land itself was unbelievably hard; there were no railroads, no shops, no social refinements of any kind."

"Human relationships are the tragic necessity of human life; that they can never be wholly satisfactory."

"Favours are apt to be remembered with bitterness."

"Money is a beautiful thing, but it is also a tyrant, if you let it be."

"The greatest adventures are internal; they happen within us."

"Our mothers and grandmothers seem like ghosts to us unless we help them come alive in our minds."

"When we look back, we see that the people who lived were those who believed in something."

"There is one thing about that place: when you leave it, it's still in you."

"Individuality is the first requisite to intelligent living."

"The heart of some people is like an oyster, all closed up, but others wear theirs outside."

"To create is to become, to make oneself alive."

"Growing pains are something all of us go through."

"Experience is the best teacher, even when it is painful."

"The saddest thing about any man is that he is soon forgotten."

"Patience is the art of hoping."

"We are not going to move forward together if some of us are left behind."

"The land is the only thing that matters. It is the only thing that lasts."

"There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm."

"Self-pity is the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics."

"We think we are very sentimental, and we are, but if we ever did reconstruct our lives, even in our imaginations, we would see that we are much more brutal."

"One might say that the great pioneer period in any activity is past."

"The splendid thing about an education is that no one can take it away from you."

"There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before."

"Winter is the time for stories, not for traveling."

"The truth is, we are all a little mad here; it is only a matter of degree."

"There is a destiny shaped by our choices, not by what happens to us."

"I have noticed that doctors who fall in love with their patients are generally the best ones."

"Ideals are not meant to be realized; they are meant to guide us."

"The highest artistic ideals are of peace and gentleness."