Thomas Wolfe

Thomas Wolfe

Novelist

Thomas Wolfe was an American novelist known for his lyrical prose and exploration of love and identity in works like 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

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Born
October 3, 1900
Died
September 15, 1938
Quotes
44
Rank
#2468

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"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."

Genius Wells Behinds
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"What I had to face, the very bitter lesson that everyone who wants to write has got to learn, was that a thing may in itself be the finest piece of writing one has ever done, and yet have absolutely no place in the manuscript one hopes to publish."

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"I believe that we are lost here in America, but I believe we shall be found. And this belief, which mounts now to the catharsis of knowledge and conviction, is for me--and I think for all of us--not only our own hope, but America's everlasting, living dream."

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