"Alexandra sighed. "I have a feeling that if……" — Willa Cather
"Alexandra sighed. "I have a feeling that if you go away, you will not come back. Something will happen to one of us, or to both. People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find. What I have is yours if you care enough about me to take it."
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Willa Cather
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138 Quotes by Willa Cather
Willa Cather has 138 quotes on this site.
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The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.
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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived.
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The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own.
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Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
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Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.
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Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile,…
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No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.
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Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense…
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Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much.
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Don’t talk like that, Dill,” said Aunt Alexandra. “It’s not becoming to a child. It’s – cynical.” “I ain’t cynical,…
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Alexandra was tall and blond, with a balcony you could do Shakespeare from.
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There will never be another woman for me, Alexandra. You are my eternity. -Michael
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Another step had her backed up against the wall, and he braced his arms on both sides of her. "I'm…
— Johanna Lindsey
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I'm sorry I stood there like a half-wit, Count Petroff," she told him matter-of-factly, "but I was a bit--surprised. After…
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What are you looking at?" Jordan demanded finally, watching her. "A dragon." When he looked bewildered she lifted her arm…
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MY BROTHER LEE ALEXANDRA
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Hey, Scottie! Raina's a fucked-up hoe-bag and you need to stay away from her! And she's going to be a…
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