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Let people go on talking as they like, and we will go on living as we think best.

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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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The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.
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Our tree became the talking tree of the fairy tale legends and stories nestled like birds in its branches.
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