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Quotation from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
“Fortunate country, that is one day to receive hearts like Alexandra’s into its bosom, to give them out again in the yellow wheat, in the rustling corn, in the shining eyes of youth!”
O Pioneers!, Part V: Alexandra, Ch. III
The closing sentence of the novel.
Citation: "Fortunate country, that is one day to receive hearts like Alexandra’s into its bosom, to give them out again in the yellow wheat, in the rustling corn, in the shining eyes of youth!" — Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, Part V: Alexandra, Ch. III. (id o-pioneers-q4)
Portrait: Willa Cather ca. 1912 wearing necklace from Sarah Orne Jewett (cropped), Photographer: Aime Dupont Studio, New York, Public domain.
