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The Web and the Rock

Name: The Web and the Rock
ISBN: 0060913207

by Thomas Wolfe

George Webber, a struggling writer, is drawn to New York to pursue his career

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“Out of the nameless and unfathomed weavings of billion-footed life, out of the dark abyss of time and duty, blind chance had brought these two together on a ship, and their first meeting had been upon the timeless and immortal seas that beat forever at the shores of the old earth.”

— Thomas Wolfe, amazon.com

Tagged: Chance, Encounter, Meeting, Life, Fate

“So all were gone at last, one by one, each swept out into the mighty flood tide of the city's life, there to prove, to test, to find, to lose himself, as each man must--alone.”

— Thomas Wolfe, amazon.com

Tagged: City, Life, test, Prove, lost