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 history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

Willa Cather

O Pioneers!

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Nature of history History Nations

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Willa Cather
Source
O Pioneers!
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers, edited by Sharon O'Brien. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Another quote from the 1930s

And then he will carry me away to his castle, where we will live happily ever after.

Snow White

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Happily ever after
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Snow White
Actor
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Source
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Medium
Film
Genre
Animation (film) Fantasy (film) Animation Fantasy
Language
English
Time
1937 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Directed by David Hand, Walt Disney Productions, 1937.

Another quote about Friends

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:17

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Topic
Friends Brothers Siblings
Source
Proverbs The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 17:17).