Robert Nathan
Robert Nathan
Robert Gruntal Nathanwas an American novelist and poet...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 January 1894
CityNew York City, NY
apart birth children family living man sets stands
A man's family sets him apart from all other living creatures. . . . Only man stands with his children from first to last, from birth to death, and to the grave.
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beach wall weather
How little we have, I thought, between us and the waiting cold, the mystery, death--a strip of beach, a hill, a few walls of wood or stone, a little fire--and tomorrow's sun, rising and warming us, tomorrow's hope of peace and better weather . . . What if tomorrow vanished in the storm? What if time stood still? And yesterday--if once we lost our way, blundered in the storm--would we find yesterday again ahead of us, where we had thought tomorrow's sun would rise?