"The test of one's decency is how much……" — Willa Cather
"The test of one's decency is how much of a fight one can put up after one has stopped caring, and after one has found out that one can never please the people they wanted to please."
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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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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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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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