Nothing mattered ... but writing books, and living the kind of life that made it possible to write them.
Willa CatherToo much detail is apt, like any other form of extravagance, to become slightly vulgar.
Willa CatherAlexandra 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.
Willa Cather