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

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

Fields are won by those who believe in the winning.
Thomas Wolfe

If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested.
Thomas Wolfe

Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you.
Thomas Wolfe

Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.
Thomas Wolfe

Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all in the mind.
Thomas Wolfe

One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.
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

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.
Thomas Wolfe