Author: Thornton Wilder

Quotes

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ it to say: 'This moral truth can be learned from beholding this action.'

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ it to say: 'This moral truth can be learned from beholding this action.'

- Thornton Wilder

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves.

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves.

- Thornton Wilder

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

- Thornton Wilder

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

- Thornton Wilder

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

- Thornton Wilder

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

- Thornton Wilder

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

- Thornton Wilder

Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.

- Thornton Wilder

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way.

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way.

- Thornton Wilder

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