Nothing is far and nothing is near, if one desires. The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desir… - Willa Cather

The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.

Where there is great love, there are always miracles.

For the first time I felt the pull of race and blood and kindred, and felt beating within me things that had not begun with me. It was as if the earth under my feet had grasped and rooted me, and were pouring its essence into me. I sat there until the dawn of morning, and all night long my life seemed to be pouring out of me and running into the ground.

Her voice had a peculiarly engaging quality; it was deep, a little husky, and one always heard the breath vibrating behind it. Everything she said seemed to come right out of her heart.