To fulfil the dreams of one's youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take the place of that.
Willa CatherThe summer moon hung full in the sky. For the time being it was the great fact of the world.
Willa CatherShe had only to stand in the orchard, to put her hand on a little crab tree and look up at the apples, to make you feel the goodness of planting and tending and harvesting at last.
Willa CatherThe great fact in life, the always possible escape from dullness, was the lake. The sun rose out of it, the day began there; it was like an open door that nobody could shut. The land and all its dreariness could never close in on you. You had only to look at the lake, and you knew you would soon be free.
Willa Cather