Wolfe, Thomas -- In Our Time, ch. 2 (1980)

Dave — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:42:10 +0000

A cult is a religion with no power.

Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) American writer
In Our Time, ch. 2 (1980)

Wolfe, Thomas -- You Can’t Go Home Again, Book 7 “A Wind Is Rising and the Rivers Flow” (1940)

Dave — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 01:31:21 +0000

You can’t go back home to your family, back home to your childhood, back home to romantic love, back home to a young man’s dreams of glory and of fame, back home to exile, to escape to Europe and some foreign land, back home to lyricism, to singing just for singing’s sake, back home to aestheticism, to one’s youthful idea of “the artist” and the all-sufficiency of “art” and “beauty” and “love”, back home to the ivory tower, back home to places in the country, to the cottage in Bermuda, away from all the strife and conflict of the world, back home to the father you have lost and have been looking for, back home to someone who can help you, save you, ease the burden for you, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time — back home to the escapes of Time and Memory.

Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) American writer
You Can’t Go Home Again, Book 7 “A Wind Is Rising and the Rivers Flow” (1940)
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Wolfe, Thomas -- In Our Time, ch. 2 (1980)

Wolfe, Thomas -- You Can’t Go Home Again, Book 7 “A Wind Is Rising and the Rivers Flow” (1940)