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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
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"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."
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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

About Thomas Wolfe

Thomas Wolfe was a Novelist from United States (1900–1938).

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This quote is attributed to Thomas Wolfe, a Novelist from United States.
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Thomas Wolfe lived from 1900 – 1938.
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