More From Willa Cather
- "The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is."
- "It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of."
- "I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do."
More In Death
- "At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood – in high school or law school. Where it ends, I’m not quite sure. Perhaps it ends with death, grappling with one’s spirituality."― James McGreevey
- "As a kid, all I thought about was death."― Maurice Sendak
- "After your death you will be what you were before your birth."― Arthur Schopenhauer