The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.
Willa Sibert Cather Quotes
What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment theshining elusive element which is life itself--life hurrying past us andrunning away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.
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Willa Sibert Cather (47)
Birth: | 7th December, 1873 |
Death: | 24th April, 1947 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Novelist |
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