Quote by Willa Cather
"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."
More from Willa Cather
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."
"That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great."
"Where there is great love, there are always miracles."
"I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do."