Who owns the earth? Did we want the earth that we should wa… - Thomas Wolfe

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Who owns the earth? Did we want the earth that we should wander on it? Did we need the earth that we were never still upon it? Whoever needs the earth shall have the earth: he shall be still upon it, he shall rest within a little place, he shall dwell in one small room for ever.

Thomas Wolfe

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Thomas Clayton Wolfe (October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938) was a major American novelist of the early twentieth century. Wolfe wrote four lengthy novels, plus many short stories, dramatic works and novellas. He is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing.

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Alternative Names: Thomas Clayton Wolfe • Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr. • Tom Wolfe

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