Thomas Wolfe

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Which of us has known his brother? Which of us has looked into his father's heart? Which of us has not remained forever prison-pent? Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone?

Thomas Wolfe

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Topic

Existential solitude

Author

Thomas Wolfe

Source

Look Homeward, Angel

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Wolfe, Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929, foreword.

I believe that we are lost here in America, but I believe we shall be found.

Thomas Wolfe

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Topic

America

Author

Thomas Wolfe

Source

You Can't Go Home Again

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Wolfe, Thomas. You Can't Go Home Again. Harper & Row, 1940, ch. 48.

If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he has failed. If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he has a talent and learns somehow to use the whole of it, he has gloriously succeeded, and won a satisfaction and a triumph few men ever know.

Thomas Wolfe

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Topic

Talent

Author

Thomas Wolfe

Source

The Web and the Rock

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Wolfe, Thomas. The Web and the Rock. Harper & Sons, 1939, ch. 29.