Carolina Quotes[H]e was like a man who stands upon a hill above the town he has left, yet does not say “The town is near,” but turns his eyes upon the distant soaring ranges.
Thomas Wolfe
Carolinian
Source
Look Homeward, Angel (New York: Scribner, 1929), closing lines
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- Look Homeward, Angel
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- 1929
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“he was like a man who stands upon a hill above the town he h…” Thomas Wolfe. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-9E8786016C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/9e8786016c
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