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Cather’s prose is so beautiful, her descriptions so visceral. I feel as though I’m on the Nebraska plains with Ántonia and Jim.

“To bleed from many wounds, may be more serious than to bleed from one, but the pain, being less localized, is also easier for the mind to bear.”

“As for the Virgin, the one distinctively female figure in the galaxy, I can scarcely say what she meant to me. She was dressed adequately, but only in the coils and sweeps of her long hair; and I doubt whether the school authorities, had they known about her, would have approved of the hours of dalliance my thoughts spent with her, though these, I think, were innocent enough.”
What an incredible passage.

Enjoying it so far!

Loving this so far!

“You think there are no crimes without owners? It is not a matter of finding. It is only a matter of choosing. Like picking the proper suit in a store.”

“He lay a long time listening to the others breathing in their sleep while he contemplated the wildness about him, the wildness within.”

Yozo, discussing his new “friend” from Art class: “We were of one species if only in that we were both disoriented.”

Yozo’s insistence on his “other”-ness is really quite a riot, considering so many young people—especially those who have just begun college—feel disconnected from their peers, like they are the only ones that feel a certain way. Yet, this is untrue; it makes Yozo akin to his peers.

Just came across a funny (and accurate) observation by Yozo, the narrator. It reads:
“Long personal experience had taught me that when a woman bursts into hysterics, the way to restore her spirits is to give her something sweet.”