But soon we shall die and all memory of those five will have left the earth, and we ourselves shall be loved for a while and forgotten. But the love will have been enough; all those impulses of love return to the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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