"It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of." ― Willa Cather Topic(s): Great More From Willa Cather "I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do." "That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great." "All the intelligence and talent in the world can’t make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can’t be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens." More In Great "Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly."― John F. Kennedy "There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief."― Aeschylus "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities – brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems."― John W. Gardner