I like trees because they seem more resigned to
the way they have to live than other things do.
-- Willa Cather
the way they have to live than other things do.
-- Willa Cather
Related:
- Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else,
a refining of the sense of truthfulness.
The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only... - There is an odd saying here that a man must do three things during life:
Plant trees, write books and have sons. I wish they... - Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.
Willa Cather (1873-1947) U.S.... - I tell you there is such a thing as creative hate.
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Willa Cather (1873-1947) U.S.... - That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great.
Willa... - naive adj.
1. Untutored in the perversities of some particular
program or system;
one who still tries to do things in an intuitive ... - I once complained to my father that I didn't seem to be able to do things
the same way other people did.
Dad's advice? "Margo, don't be a sheep. People hate... - If I had my life to live over, I'd dare to make mistakes next time.
I'd relax, I'd limber up. I would be sillier than I... - I used to think I was a child; now I think I am an adult -
not because I no longer do childish things, but because...
From the same category:
- In any collection of data, the figure most obviously correct,
beyond all need of checking, is the mistake -- Finagle's... - A friend asks only for your time,
not your money... - If the meek shall inherit the Earth,
what will happen to us Tigers? --... - What do you get when you cross a lesbian with a draft
dodger?... - After a month at sea, you finally arrive at a sandy beach.
All ashore who's going ashore . . ...
