Willa Cather
Willa Cather
Willa Sibert Catherwas an American author who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 December 1873
CountryUnited States of America
Willa Cather quotes about
sky water forgiving
[Dawn] is always such a forgiving time. When that first cold, bright streak comes over the water, it's as if all our sins were pardoned; as if the sky leaned over the earth and kissed it and gave it absolution.
sky earth world
Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.
ruined publishers
Most publishers, like most writers, are ruined by their successes.
running silence emptiness
The emptiness was intense, like the stillness in a great factory when the machinery stops running.
play envy loyal
Loyal? As loyal as anyone who plays second fiddle ever is.
family strong hatred
Personal hatred and family affection are not incompatible; they often flourish and grow strong together.
family may admirer
One may have staunch friends in one's own family, but one seldom has admirers.
running horse land
This land was an enigma. It was like a horse that no one knows how to break to harness, that runs wild and kicks things to pieces.
miracle perception turns
Miracles surround us at every turn if we but sharpen our perceptions of them.
land
The land belongs to the future.
ideas certain companion
She had certain thoughts which were like companions, ideas which were like older and wiser friends.
girl heart done
"More than him has done that," said Antonia sadly, and the girls murmured assent.
i-can
I ain't got time to learn. I can work like mans now.
powerful past long
Nearly all the Escapists in the long past have managed their own budget and their social relations so unsuccessfully that I wouldn't want them for my landlords, or my bankers, or my neighbors. They were valuable, like powerful stimulants, only when they were left out of the social and industrial routine.