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Thornton Wilder Quotes

Thornton Wilder quotes about children

American Novelist, Writer April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975

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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. Thornton Wilder
The type of the Inevitable is death. I remember well that in my youth I believed that I was certainly exempt from its operation. First when my daughter died, next when you were wounded, I knew that I was mortal; and now I regard those years as wasted, as unproductive, in which I was not aware that my death was certain, nay, momently possible. I can now appraise at a glance those who have not yet foreseen their death. I know them for the children they are. They think that by evading its... Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the..."
Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests. Thornton Wilder
The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one human being broken on the wheels of living. Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of..."
Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth day. Thornton Wilder

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