A letter

Maia 2022-04-21 09:03:52

I've got a hunch. And I wanted to write these words to you. I've made a long voyage and been to a strange country...and I've seen a dark man very close.and I don't think I was too much afraid of him.but I want most desperately to live.I want to see you again.For there is such impossible anguish and regret...for all I can never say to you...for all the work I have to do.I feel as if a great window has been opened on life.And if I come through this...I hope to God I am a better man and can live up to you.But most of all,I wanted to tell you, no matter what happens I shall always feel about you the way I did that November day when you met me at the boat and we went at the top of the building and all the strangeness and the glory and the power of life were below .

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  • Maxwell Evarts Perkins: [looking at the three cates containing the manuscript of Thomas Wolfe's new book] This - is Of Time and the River? Well done. Now go home and get some sleep.

    Thomas Wolfe: I... I...

    Maxwell Evarts Perkins: Let me read it.

    Thomas Wolfe: Read it kindly. Please.

  • Thomas Wolfe: I'm sorry I'm not decent enough for your fine dinner parties and your fine friends, but before you drag me out to the wood shed, I think you ought to look at who is giving the lesson. Am I supposed to grow up like you?

    Maxwell Evarts Perkins: No, Tom, but you're supposed to grow up.

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