That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. My Ántonia
Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable past.My Ántonia
All the human effort that had gone into it, the achievements of so many generations, lived in that sun-bleached hay.My Ántonia
I had the feeling that the world was left behind, that we had got over the edge of it, and were outside man's jurisdiction.My Ántonia
Between that earth and that sky I felt erased, blotted out.My Ántonia
A pioneer should have imagination, should be able to enjoy the idea of things more than the things themselves.My Ántonia
Some memories are realities and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.My Ántonia
There seemed to be nothing to see; no fences, no creeks or trees, no hills or fields.My Ántonia
The road ran about like a wild thing, avoiding the deep draws, crossing them where they were wide and shallow.My Ántonia
It was no wonder that her sons stood tall and straight.My Ántonia
She was a rich mine of life, like the founders of early races.My Ántonia
It had not occurred to me that I could go away, I had forgotten that there was a world outside.My Ántonia
I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire, whether it is sun and air, or goodness and knowledge.My Ántonia
I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want to be anything more.My Ántonia
I did not even want to be alive the next day unless I could be in that shelter again.My Ántonia
Instead of being at once flung into the sea of emotion, you are carried into it by gentle tides, and you bear up until you are very far out.My Ántonia
I began to like my second country and to take a certain pathetic pride in it.My Ántonia
I knew then that I had begun to love the prairie.My Ántonia
There was a delight in it, a satisfaction such as artists must hope to feel when they have created a thing of beauty.My Ántonia
One's standard of appreciation should be on a par with the artist's skill, and one's indignation at failure should not be diminished by one's own disabilities.My Ántonia