How we cite our quotes: ("Story Name," Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, / If mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn / Would scarcely know that we were gone." ("There Will Come Soft Rains," 88-9)
This is the haunting Sara Teasdale poem that the house reads in "There Will Come Soft Rains." By the end of the book, the poem's prediction has come true: every human is dead, even the family dog. (Dude, they even killed the dog.) The house is destroyed, but the sun still dawns on schedule. Nature goes on, with or without us.