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Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything.

Willa Cather

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Willa Cather
Age: 73 †
Born: 1873
Born: December 7
Died: 1947
Died: April 24
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Willa Sibert Cather
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Sometimes, I ventured, it doesn't occur to boys that their mother was ever young and pretty. . . I couldn't stand it if you boys were inconsiderate, or thought of her as if she were just somebody who looked after you. You see I was very much in love with your mother once, and I know there's nobody like her.
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Pity is sworn servant unto love: And this be sure, wherever it begin To make the way, it lets your master in.
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