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Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence."

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken."

All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.




Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Man is born to live, to suffer, and to die, and what befalls him is a tragic lot. There is no denying this in the final end. But we must deny it all along the way."

Man is born to live, to suffer, and to die, and what befalls him is a tragic lot. There is no denying this in the final end. But we must deny it all along the way.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "America - it is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time."

America - it is a fabulous country, the only fabulous country; it is the only place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.




Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up."

Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "I have to see a thing a thousand times before I see it once."

I have to see a thing a thousand times before I see it once.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you."

Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you.




Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "The mountains were his masters. They rimmed in life. They were the cup of reality, beyond growth, beyond struggle and death. They were his absolute unity in the midst of eternal change."

The mountains were his masters. They rimmed in life. They were the cup of reality, beyond growth, beyond struggle and death. They were his absolute unity in the midst of eternal change.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Making the world safe for hypocrisy."

Making the world safe for hypocrisy.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "It seems to me that in the orbit of our world you are the North Pole, I the South--so much in balance, in agreement--and yet... the whole world lies between."

It seems to me that in the orbit of our world you are the North Pole, I the South--so much in balance, in agreement--and yet... the whole world lies between.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Each of us is all the sums he has not counted: subtract us into the nakedness and night again, and you shall see begin in Crete four thousand years ago the love that ended yesterday in Texas."

Each of us is all the sums he has not counted: subtract us into the nakedness and night again, and you shall see begin in Crete four thousand years ago the love that ended yesterday in Texas.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Then summer fades and passes and October comes. We'll smell smoke then, and feel an unexpected sharpness, a thrill of nervousness, swift elation, a sense of sadness and departure."

Then summer fades and passes and October comes. We'll smell smoke then, and feel an unexpected sharpness, a thrill of nervousness, swift elation, a sense of sadness and departure.




Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "There is one voyage, the first, the last, the only one."

There is one voyage, the first, the last, the only one.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "There’s no sight on earth more appealing than that of a woman making dinner for someone she loves."

There’s no sight on earth more appealing than that of a woman making dinner for someone she loves.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "You can't go home again"

You can't go home again



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man."

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs."

Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "O lost, And by the wind grieved, Ghost, Come back again."

O lost, And by the wind grieved, Ghost, Come back again.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Peace fell upon her spirit. Strong comfort and assurance bathed her whole being. Life was so solid and splendid, and so good."

Peace fell upon her spirit. Strong comfort and assurance bathed her whole being. Life was so solid and splendid, and so good.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use nothing."

A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He has everything and he is able to use nothing.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Each moment is the fruit of forty thousand years. The minute-winning days, like flies, buzz home to death, and every moment is a window on all time."

Each moment is the fruit of forty thousand years. The minute-winning days, like flies, buzz home to death, and every moment is a window on all time.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "...he was like a man who stands upon a hill above the town he had left, yet does not say 'The town is near,' but turns his eyes upon the distant soaring ranges."

...he was like a man who stands upon a hill above the town he had left, yet does not say 'The town is near,' but turns his eyes upon the distant soaring ranges.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "And who shall say--whatever disenchantment follows--that we ever forget magic; or that we can ever betray, on this leaden earth, the apple-tree, the singing, and the gold?"

And who shall say--whatever disenchantment follows--that we ever forget magic; or that we can ever betray, on this leaden earth, the apple-tree, the singing, and the gold?



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "I don't know yet what I am capable of doing, but, by God, I have genius -- I know it too well to blush behind it."

I don't know yet what I am capable of doing, but, by God, I have genius -- I know it too well to blush behind it.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new artist or certify his work and make it stick. They can only bring you the scores."

Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new artist or certify his work and make it stick. They can only bring you the scores.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Only the dead know Brooklyn."

Only the dead know Brooklyn.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems to do very little good."

Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems to do very little good.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money compliments or publicity."

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money compliments or publicity.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Most of the time we think we're sick it's all in the mind."

Most of the time we think we're sick it's all in the mind.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Is not this the true romantic feeling - not to desire to escape life but to prevent life from escaping you."

Is not this the true romantic feeling - not to desire to escape life but to prevent life from escaping you.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "Death - the last voyage the longest the best."

Death - the last voyage the longest the best.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "That enfabled rock that ship of life that swarming million-footed tower-masted sky-soaring citadel that bears the magic name of the Island of Manhattan."

That enfabled rock that ship of life that swarming million-footed tower-masted sky-soaring citadel that bears the magic name of the Island of Manhattan.



Thomas Wolfe Quotes: "There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves."

There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.