Willa Sibert Cather (; born Wilella Sibert Cather; December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One...
Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things.
That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.