The proper study of mankind is woman.
Henry Adams
The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.
Willa Cather
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down... →
That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.
The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper whether little or great, it belongs to... →
It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of.
I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it grew out of what a... →
Bruce Catton
I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a little effort, every failure can be turned into... →
Eleanor Catton
Teaching is a great complement to writing. It's very social and gets you out of your own head. It's also very optimistic. It renews itself... →
I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s.
Kim Cattrall