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.


The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather... (ed. 1937)

Willa Cather Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...