Author: Thornton Wilder

Quotes

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

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

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

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

- 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

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

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

- Thornton Wilder

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for.

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for.

- Thornton Wilder

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