Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the abse… - Willa Cather

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Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

Willa Cather

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About Willa Cather

Willa Sibert Cather (7 December 1873 – 24 April 1947) is among the most eminent American authors, known for her depictions of US life in her novels.

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Alternative Names: Willa Sibert Cather • Wilella Sibert “Willa” Cather • Wilella Sibert Cather

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what was any art but an effort to make a sheath, a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining, elusive element which is life itself, — life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose?

That irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand.

People live through such pain only once. Pain comes again — but it finds a tougher surface.

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening. - Willa Cather

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