Willa Cather - There was about Alexandra something of the impervious calm of...

There was about Alexandra something of the impervious calm of the fatalist, always disconcerting to very young people, who cannot feel that the heart lives at all unless it is still at the mercy of storms; unless its strings can scream to the touch of pain.

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There was about Alexandra something of the impervious calm of the fatalist, always disconcerting to very young people, who cannot feel that the heart lives at all unless it is still at the mercy of storms; unless its strings can scream to the touch of pain. Willa Cather

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alexandra impervious calm fatalist disconcerting young people feel heart lives mercy storms strings scream touch pain

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