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Stories Quotes by Willa Cather
- There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.
- Writing ought either to be the manufacture of stories for which there is a market demand - a business as safe and commendable as making…
- Every fine story must leave in the mind of the sensitive reader an intangible residuum of pleasure, a cadence, a quality of voice that is…
- Imagination, which is a quality writers must have, does not mean the ability to weave pretty stories out of nothing. In the right sense, imagination…
- I don't want anyone reading my writing to think about style. I just want them to be in the story.
- Our tree became the talking tree of the fairy tale; legends and stories nestled like birds in its branches.
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