For you and me, life out here is nothing
29 September 2012
For you and me, life out here is nothing; but there may be others so constructed that they don’t fit into this life at all; and yet they are finer and better souls than either one of us. She is a better soul than any I’ve ever met. It’s only lately that I have begun to realize all she suffered since we came out here.
O.E. Rölvaag, Giants in the Earth: A Saga of the Prairie
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I love the writing, but I think I need more context to really understand it.
Norwegian immigrants homesteading in the Dakota Territory, Mira. Tremendous physical hardships and great isolation.
Ah, I see. The quote just became absolutely heartbreaking.
Thank you.