quote

Willa Cather > Quotes > Quotable Quote

Willa Cather
“The earth was warm under me, and warm as I crumbled it through my fingers...I kept as still as I could. Nothing happened. I did not expect anything to happen. I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want to be anything more. I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire, whether it is sun and air, or goodness and knowledge. At any rate, that is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep.”
Willa Cather, My Ántonia


Twitter_icon

Like

Friends Who Like This Quote


To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!

49 people added it
All Members Who Like This Quote


All Quotes | My Quotes | Add A Quote

Play The 'Guess That Quote' Game

This Quote Is From

My Ántonia My Ántonia by Willa Cather
37,461 ratings, average rating, 2,888 reviews
buy a copy


Browse By Tag


humor (11680)
love (10360)
inspirational (9426)
life (7966)
funny (2722)
writing (2655)
death (2345)
truth (2107)
religion (2074)
philosophy (1877)
romance (1859)
poetry (1851)
god (1762)
books (1695)
wisdom (1523)
politics (1351)
science (1266)
music (1214)
art (1210)
humour (1195)
happiness (1156)
women (1135)
reading (1127)
war (1119)
friendship (1030)
inspiration (1007)
faith (998)
kindlehighlight (976)
relationships (971)
freedom (904)

More...