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Thomas Wolfe Quotes

Thomas Wolfe quotes

American Novelist, Writer October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938

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Thomas Wolfe quote: "The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the..."
The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it. Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Wolfe quote: "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
Thomas Wolfe quote: "I don't know yet what I am capable of doing, but, by God, I..."
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
Few of the university's sons had been distinguished in the nation's life--there had been an obscure President of the United States, and a few Cabinet members, but few had sought such distinction: it was glory enough to be a great man in one's State. Nothing beyond mattered very much. Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Wolfe quote: "Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs."
Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs. Thomas Wolfe
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
Thomas Wolfe quote: "A young man is so strong, so mad, so certain, and so lost. He..."
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
...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
Thomas Wolfe quote: "Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable..."
Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man. Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Wolfe quote: "A slow trickle of lust crawled painfully down the parched..."
A slow trickle of lust crawled painfully down the parched gully of desire, and ended feebly in dry fumbling lechery. Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Wolfe quote: "Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on..."
Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up. Thomas Wolfe
Somewhere in the crowd a woman sobbed and collapsed in a faint. She was immediately carried out by two Boy Scouts who happened to be present, and who administered first aid to her in the rest-room, one of them hastily kindling a crackling fire of pine boughs by striking two flints together, while the other made a tourniquet, and tied several knots in his handkerchief. Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Wolfe quote: "Dull people filled him with terror."
Dull people filled him with terror. Thomas Wolfe
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
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

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