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“Come up into the hills, O my young love. Return! O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again, as first I knew you in the timeless valley, where we shall feel ourselves anew, bedded on magic in the month of June. There was a place where all the sun went glistening in your hair, and from…” quote by Thomas Wolfe
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““Come up into the hills, O my young love. Return! O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again, as first I knew you in the timeless valley, where we shall feel ourselves anew, bedded on magic in the month of June. There was a place where all the sun went glistening in your hair, and from the hill we could have put a finger on a star. Where is the day that melted into one rich noise? Where the music of your flesh, the rhyme of your teeth, the dainty languor of your legs, your small firm arms, your slender fingers, to be bitten like an apple, and the little cherry-teats of your white breasts? And where are all the tiny wires of finespun maidenhair? Quick are the mouths of earth, and quick the teeth that fed upon this loveliness. You who were made for music, will hear music no more: in your dark house the winds are silent. Ghost, ghost, come back from that marriage that we did not foresee, return not into life, but into magic, where we have never died, into the enchanted wood, where we still life, strewn on the grass. Come up into the hills, O my young love: return. O lost, and by the wind grieved ghost, come back again.””

Thomas Wolfe

About This Quote

Source Novel: Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe, 1929

A yearning for a lost lover, blending sensual imagery with a longing for magical, timeless connection.

In simple terms: Yearning for lost love and magical reunion.

Key Takeaway

Seek deep emotional connection.

Themes

love longing memory nature magic

Mood

melancholic hopeful

Type

poetic romantic

When to use this quote

  • grief
  • reunion
  • creative writing
  • artistic inspiration

Key Concepts

Romanticism transcendence sensory detail

Questions to Reflect On

  • What does the "magical wood" symbolize?
  • How does longing shape creative expression?
A Different Perspective

The poetic style may obscure clear meaning for some readers.

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