The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.

Quote by Willa Cather

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Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and...

Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and...

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as...

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as...

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has...

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has...

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is...

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is...

The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to...

The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to...

I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived.

I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived.

Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument...

Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument...

The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from...

The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from...

The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces...

The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces...

When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way...

When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way...

Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to...

Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to...

Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets...

Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets...

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live...

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live...

Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs...

Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs...

The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand.

The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby,...

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby,...

The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from...

The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from...

It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters...

It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters...

Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually...

Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually...

Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.

Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.