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Willa Cather

"In this world people have to pay an extortionate price for any exceptional gift whatever."

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"Each one of us is endowed with specific sacred-skill."

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"Everyone has got something to gift. Your gift lies in the flame of your soul."

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"Whatever the item is that I have chosen to give you, it is nothing more than the receptacle within which I have placed the whole of myself. If it is empty, it is not a gift."

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"Your uniqueness is the greatest gift you will ever receive in life."

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"The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace."

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"What is an alarm clock without God's gift of life?"

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"The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value."

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"I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure."

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"Certainly tears are given to us to use. Like all good gifts, they should be used properly."

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"More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment."

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