I didn't marry you because you were perfect. I didn't even marry you because I loved you. I married you because you gave me a promise. That promise made up for your faults. And the promise I gave you made up for mine. Two imperfect people got married and it was the promise that made the marriage. And when our children were growing up, it wasn't a house that protected them; and it wasn't our love that protected them--it was that promise.
The stuff of which masterpieces are made drifts about the world waiting to be clothed in words. - Thornton Wilder
The stuff of which masterpieces are made drifts about the world waiting to be clothed in words.
- Thornton Wilder
Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger. - Thornton Wilder
Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.
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
There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.
I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gi… - Thornton Wilder
I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gi…
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
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time. - Thornton Wilder
Art is not only the desire to tell one's secret; it is the desire to tell it and hide it at the same time.
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. - Thornton Wilder
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. - Thornton Wilder
Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.
If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good - Thornton Wilder
If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good
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