We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it—for a little while.

Willa Cather

O Pioneers!

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Topic

Ephemeral nature of life Impermanence

Author

Willa Cather

Source

O Pioneers!

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! 1913, part 5, chapter 3.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Oxford UP, 2008.

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