Only the earth endures, but it endures forever. "All things belonging to the earth will never change-the leaf, the blade, the flower, the wind that cries and sleeps and wakes again, the trees whose stiff arms clash and tremble in the dark, and the dust of lovers long since buried in the earth-all things proceeding from the earth to seasons, all things that lapse and change and come again upon the earth-these things will always be the same, for they come up from the earth that never changes, they go back into the earth that lasts forever. "The glitter of sunlight on roughened water, the glory of the stars, the innocence of morning, the smell of the sea in harbors, the feathery blur and smoky buddings of young boughs, and something there that comes and goes and never can be captured, the thorn of spring, the sharp and tongueless cry-these things will always be the same. "The voice of forest water in the night, a woman's laughter in the dark, the clean, hard rattle of raked gravel, the cricketing stitch of midday in hot meadows, the delicate web of children's voices in bright air-these things will never change. Lean down your ear upon the earth and listen. I copied the following quote by hand, before the days of computers:
This is very dense reading, but I was floored by its beauty. (I read to page 195 but did not finish the book.) "The voice of forest water in the night, a woman's laughter in the dark, the clean, hard rattle of raked gravel, t Re: _You Can't Go Home Again _ (1940) By Thomas Wolfe I copied the following quote by hand, before the days of computers: = "Some things will never change.
Re: _You Can't Go Home Again _ (1940) By Thomas Wolfe (I read to page 195 but did not finish the book.) Added 3/1/11.
Usually with books this long, I keep thinking, "Let it be over already!" I thought that while reading this book, too, but at least I thoroughly enjoyed where Thomas Wolfe took me and how he got me there.more His characterizations of people were so vivid that I feel as if I know these people he described so well and with so much heart and feeling. Thomas Wolfe really had a talent for getting to the heart of situations, thoughts and feelings that are difficult to express in such a way that a reader knows exactly where the writer is coming from. However, I'm glad he rambled on because he led me to some beautiful places. There were a couple of chapters that I thought were overly long, and possibly 100 or so pages could have been cut entirely without leaving the novel lacking. Every time I started reading it again I was always glad, though, because I really liked his writing. It took me almost a year: I kept putting it down-sometimes for weeks at a time-and picking it back up again. Thomas Wolfe re I finally finished this 704-page tome.
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