“The two friends stood for a few moments on the windy street corner, not speaking a word, as two travelers, who have lost their way, sometimes stand and admit their perplexity in silence. (O Pioneers!)”

“Father Latour began to tell them about his friendly relations with Protestants in Ohio, but they had not room in their minds for two ideas.”

“A pioneer should have imagination, should be able to enjoy the idea of things more than the things themselves.”

“I wondered if the life that was right for one was ever right for two!”

“It was to him a very strange and perplexing place, where people wore fine clothes and had hard hearts.”

“Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years.”

“There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.”