Quotes from The Watch That Ends the Night

Allan Wolf ·  480 pages

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“Marriage without struggle is like an unfired clay pot.
It is easily made, but it will not stand the test of time.”
― Allan Wolf, quote from The Watch That Ends the Night


“Man's fatal flaw is misplaced optimism.”
― Allan Wolf, quote from The Watch That Ends the Night


“Some folks is meant to make excuses. Some folks is meant to make history.”
― Allan Wolf, quote from The Watch That Ends the Night


“... my aim in writing The Watch That Ends the Night was not to present history. My aim was to present humanity. The people represented in this book lived and breathed and loved. They were as real as you or me. They could have been any one of us.”
― Allan Wolf, quote from The Watch That Ends the Night


“But most are fueled by hope.”
― Allan Wolf, quote from The Watch That Ends the Night



“Thank God (my wife) and I were both born poor
so the concept of fidelity was allowed to take root in us.”
― Allan Wolf, quote from The Watch That Ends the Night


“In vogue and cosmopolitan they clutch their Pomeranians and walk among the millionaires or watch from swayback steamer chairs”
― Allan Wolf, quote from The Watch That Ends the Night


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