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Quotation from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
“We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it—for a little while.”
O Pioneers!, Part V: Alexandra, Ch. III
Alexandra speaks to Carl near the end of the novel.
Citation: "We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it—for a little while." — Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, Part V: Alexandra, Ch. III. (id o-pioneers-q3)
Portrait: Willa Cather ca. 1912 wearing necklace from Sarah Orne Jewett (cropped), Photographer: Aime Dupont Studio, New York, Public domain.
