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American author known for her depictions of the American Midwest. Cather's works often feature female protagonists, showcasing their resilience and growth in challenging environments. Her notable works include 'My Ántonia' and 'O Pioneers!'

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“[Dawn] is always such a forgiving time. When that first cold, bright streak comes over the water, it's as if all our sins were pardoned; as if the sky leaned over the earth and kissed it and gave it absolution.”

Ifs Firsts Earth Water Sin Sky Cold Forgiving Dawn Streaks Absolution

Book:The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather ...

Source: The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather ...

“Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.”

World Earth Sky Elsewhere Roof

Book:Death Comes for the Archbishop

Source: Death Comes for the Archbishop

“The summer moon hung full in the sky. For the time being it was the great fact of the world.”

World Facts Sky Moon Summer Hung

Book:The Best of Willa Cather

Source: The Best of Willa Cather

“There was only - spring itself, the throb of it, the light restlessness, the vital essence of it everywhere; in the sky, in the swift clouds, in the pale sunshine, and in the warm high wind - rising suddenly, sinking suddenly, impulsive ... If I had been tossed down blindfold on that red prairie, I should have known that it was spring.”

Ifs Should Light Known Sky Wind Spring Red Should Have Essence Clouds Warm Rising Sunshine Pale Sinking Restlessness Impulsive Prairie Should Have Known Blindfolds

Book:The Best of Willa Cather

Source: The Best of Willa Cather

“The air was cool enough to make the warm sun pleasant on one's back and shoulders, and so clear that the eye could follow a hawk up and up, into the blazing blue depths of the sky.”

Enough Eye Sun Clear Air Sky Blue Depth Warm Shoulders Pleasant Hawks Blazing

Book:O Pioneers

Source: O Pioneers

“I wanted to walk straight on through the red grass and over the edge of the world, which could not be very far away. The light and air abot me told me that the world ended here: only the ground and sun and sky were left, and if one went a little farther there would only be sun and sky, and one would float off into them, like the tawny hawks which sailed over our heads making slow shadows on the grass.”

Source: 60 WESTERNS: Cowboy Adventures, Yukon & Oregon Trail Tales, Famous Outlaws, Gold Rush Adventures & much more: Riders of the Purple Sage, The Night Horseman, The Last of the Mohicans, Rimrock Trail, The Hidden Children, The Law of the Land, Heart of the West, A Texas Cow-Boy, The Prairie…

“If we never arrived anywhere, it did not matter. Between that earth and that sky i felt erased, blotted out. I did not say my prayers that night: here, i felt what would be would be.”

Ifs Matter Would Be Earth Night Felt Prayer Sky

Book:My Antonia - Literary Touchstone Edition

Source: My Antonia - Literary Touchstone Edition

“The air and the earth interpenetrated in the warm gusts of spring; the soil was full of sunlight, and the sunlight full of red dust. The air one breathed was saturated with earthy smells, and the grass under foot had a reflection of the blue sky in it.”