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So, then, to every man his chance—to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining, golden opportunity—to every man the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to become whatever thing his manhood and his vision can combine to make him — this, seeker, is the promise of America.

— Thomas Wolfe You Can't Go Home Again (1940)

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His enemy was time. Or perhaps it was his friend. One never knows for sure.

You Can't Go Home Again (1940)

The old church, with its sharp steeple, rotted slowly, decently, prosperously, like a good man's wife.

Look Homeward, Angel (1929)

He who lets himself be whored by fashion will be whored by time.

You Can't Go Home Again (1940)

Go, seeker, if you will, throughout the land and you will find us burning in the night.

You Can't Go Home Again (1940)

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

Look Homeward, Angel (1929)

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