North Carolina

"Each one of us leaves traces behind, it seems to me now. It is not just children who build sandcastles on the beach; it is not just children who remember the shape and the name of every shell. Each one of us has a place, it seems to me, and to know it thoroughly, to know it and love it, is the beginning and the end of all wisdom. The very fact, the very being of a house, even the air of it, every stick and stone of it, the nature and the look of the road that leads to it, the name of the people who live in it, the look and the bearing of the trees along the road is a matter of great moment to some one, and in a wild and forgotten time to come, a little boy or a little girl, going back to find it, will see, will know, will love it, and live again. A stone, a leaf, an unfound door; of a stone, a leaf, a door. And of all the forgotten faces." -- (Look Homeward, Angel) Thomas Wolfe