the hideous weather of the soul

loneliness forever and the earth again! dark brother and stern friend, immortal face of darkness and of night, with whom the half part of my life was spent, and with whom i shall abide now till my death forever -what is there for me to fear as long as you are with me? heroic friend, blood-brother of my life, dark face -have we not gone together down a million ways, have we not coursed together the great and furious avenues of night, have we not crossed the stormy seas alone, and unknown strange lands, and come again to walk the continent of night and listen to the silence of the earth? have we not been brave and glorious when we were together, friend? have we not known triumph, joy, and glory on this earth -and will it not be again with me as it was then, if you come back to me? come to me, brother, in the watches of the night. come to me in the secret and most silent heart of darkness. come to me as you always came, bringing to me again the old invincible strength, the deathless hope, the triumphant joy and confidence that will storm the earth again.

-thomas wolfe god's lonely man