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 Cather

When one danced with them, their bodies never moved inside their clothes; their muscles seemed to ask but one thing — not to be disturbed.

Her interest in these people was more than a business interest. She carried them all in her mind as if they were characters in a book or a play.

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.