Le Lavandou

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One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world's end somewhere, and holds fast to the days, as to fortune or fame.

Willa Cather

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Topic

Happiness

Author

Willa Cather

Source

Le Lavandou

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cather, Willa. Willa Cather in Europe: Her Own Story of the First Journey. Alfred A. Knopf, 1956, ch. 13. Originally a notebook entry in Le Lavandou. 10 Sept. 1902.