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 exclusively the writer's own, individual, unique.
Willa CatherA pioneer should have imagination, should be able to enjoy the idea of things more than the things themselves.
Willa CatherOld men are like that, you know. It makes them feel important to think they are in love with somebody.
Willa CatherI first met Myra Henshawe when I was fifteen, but I had known her about ever since I could remember anything at all.
Willa CatherThe great fact in life, the always possible escape from dullness, was the lake. The sun rose out of it, the day began there; it was like an open door that nobody could shut. The land and all its dreariness could never close in on you. You had only to look at the lake, and you knew you would soon be free.
Willa Cather