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

Quote by Willa Sibert Cather

Topics: Heart Quotes

He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind,...

He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind,...

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them,...

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them,...

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist,...

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist,...

That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great.

That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great.

If youth did not matter so much to itself it would never have the heart...

If youth did not matter so much to itself it would never have the heart...

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...

The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of...

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of...

Tranquility is the old mans milk

Tranquility is the old mans milk

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age...

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age...

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.

I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.

Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.

Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried...

Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried...

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50,...

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50,...

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

The fact that poetry is not of the slightest economic or political importance, that is...

The fact that poetry is not of the slightest economic or political importance, that is...

A lot of its readers are of an age where they forget to cancel.

A lot of its readers are of an age where they forget to cancel.

Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.