Author: Thornton Wilder

Quotes

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

- Thornton Wilder

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.

- 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

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

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

- 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

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

- Thornton Wilder

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

- Thornton Wilder

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