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Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke.

~Willa Cather

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A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.

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Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

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

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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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The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter.

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No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.

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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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Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.

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To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 7th, 1873

Died: April 24th, 1947

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