“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“If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know.”
Thomas Wolfe“Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you.”
Thomas Wolfe“You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.”
Thomas Wolfe“Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.”
Thomas Wolfe“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“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“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“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“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