Thornton Wilder - Quodid

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Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day.

Quotes from Thornton Wilder

Many who have spent a lifetime in love can tell you less of love than the child whose dog died yesterday.

—Thornton Wilder

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

—Thornton Wilder

Without your wounds where would your power be? The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one human being broken in the wheels of living. In love's service, only the wounded soldiers can serve.

—Thornton Wilder

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Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.

—Thornton Wilder

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The sun rose this morning at 6:32 A.M. This gratifying event was first reported by Mrs. Dorothy Stetson of Freeport, Long Island, who promptly telephoned the mayor. The Society for Affirming the End of the World at once went into a special session and postponed the arrival of that event for twenty-four hours. All honor to Mrs. Stetson for her public spirit.

—Thornton Wilder

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The highest tribute to the dead is not grief, but gratitude.

—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

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

—Thornton Wilder

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