Thornton Wilder
"Where there is an unknowable there is a promise."
36 Quotes
"A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference ... it pardons shortcomings it consoles failure. It recommends moderation."
Thornton Wilder
"That's the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don't feel the need to be impatient any longer."
Thornton Wilder
"Many plays certainly mine are like blank cheques. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them."
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."
Thornton Wilder
"The unencumbered stage encourages the truth operative in everyone. The less seen the more heard. The eye is the enemy of the ear in real drama."
Thornton Wilder
"And at once he sacrificed everything to it, if it can be said we ever sacrifice anything save what we know we can never attain, or what some secret wisdom tells us it would be uncomfortable or saddening to possess."
Thornton Wilder
"Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners - your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards - who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute."
Thornton Wilder
"So - people a thousand years from now... This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our dying."
Thornton Wilder
"If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good"
Thornton Wilder
"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
Thornton Wilder
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