"A Lost Lady" Quotes
By Willa Cather
fiction | 97 pages | Published in 2021
A Lost Lady Willa Cather - A Lost Lady tells the story of Marian Forrester and her husband, Captain Daniel Forrester who live in the Western town of Sweet Water, along the Transcontinental Railroad. The novel is written in the third person, but is mostly written from the perspective of Niel Herbert, a young man who grows up in Sweet Water and witnesses the decline of Mrs. Forrester as well as the West itself.
Quotes
She was like the desert wind that begins to blow one day and never stops.
She had suffered many losses and carried her share of wounds. Like a wounded creature, she hid from the world, rarely showing her pain.
In her eyes, you could see the storms raging inside her; a turbulent sea of emotions always threatening to overflow.
She moved through life with grace and elegance, as if each step was choreographed, each movement carefully measured.
Her smile was like a little ray of sunshine, illuminating the darkest corners of a person's heart.
She possessed a quiet strength that could move mountains and a determination that never wavered.
Her beauty was not defined by conventional standards, but by a radiance that came from within.
She had a way of making everything seem magical, as if the world was filled with endless possibilities.
Her laughter was infectious, a symphony of joy that could brighten the gloomiest of days.
She had a way of seeing the good in people, even when they couldn't see it themselves.
