Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family-but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

Willa Cather

Shadows on the Rock

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Topic

Value of friendship Friendship Friends Loneliness Exile

Speaker

Father Hector Saint-Cyr

Author

Willa Cather

Source

Shadows on the Rock

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Cather, Willa. Shadows on the Rock. Alfred A. Knopf, 1931, bk. 3, ch. 5.

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The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.

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Topic
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The Professor's House
Medium
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Language
English
Time
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Citation

Cather, Willa. The Professor's House. Alfred A. Knopf, 1925, bk. 1, ch. 8.

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Outside the Kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other…God and history will remember your judgment.

Haile Selassie I

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Topic
International politics
Speaker
Haile Selassie I
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
Amharic
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Selassie, Haile. Appeal to the League of Nations. 30 June 1936, League of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Rick Blaine

Casablanca

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Rick Blaine
Actor
Humphrey Bogart
Source
Casablanca
Medium
Film
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Casablanca. Directed by Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1942.