A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it’s better than a new one. — Willa Sibert Cather
Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer. — Willa Sibert Cather
It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of. — Willa Sibert Cather
Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness. — Willa Sibert Cather
The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own. — Willa Sibert Cather
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. — Willa Sibert Cather
Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen. — Willa Sibert Cather
Old men are like that, you know. It makes them feel important to think they are in love with somebody. — Willa Sibert Cather
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. — Willa Sibert Cather
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. — Willa Sibert Cather
Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again. — Willa Sibert Cather
The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power — Willa Sibert Cather