“The mountains were his masters. They rimmed in life. They were the cup of reality, beyond growth, beyond struggle and death. They were his absolute unity in the midst of eternal change.”

—  Thomas Wolfe, book Look Homeward, Angel

Source: Look Homeward, Angel

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