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The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.

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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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life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.
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There was only - spring itself, the throb of it, the light restlessness, the vital essence of it everywhere in the sky, in the swift clouds, in the pale sunshine, and in the warm high wind - rising suddenly, sinking suddenly, impulsive ... If I had been tossed down blindfold on that red prairie, I should have known that it was spring.
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I wondered if the life that was right for one was ever right for two!
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I ain't got time to learn. I can work like mans now.
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Miracles surround us at every turn if we but sharpen our perceptions of them.
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A creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.
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