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Thornton Wilder Quotes

Thornton Wilder quotes about thinking

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

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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
They had been brought up to think that the domestic virtues were self-evident and universal; they had been starved of the knowledge that most attracts the young mind: that the crown of life is the exercise of choice Thornton Wilder
There are the stars--doing their old, old crisscross journeys in the sky. Scholars haven't settled the matter yet, but they seem to think there are no living beings out there. Just chalk... or fire. Only this one is straining away, straining away all the time to make something of itself. Strain's so bad that every sixteen hours everybody lies down and gets a rest. Thornton Wilder
Am I sure that there is no mind behind our existence and no mystery anywhere in the universe? I think I am. What joy, what relief there would be, if we could declare so with complete conviction. If that were so I could wish to live for ever. How terrifying and glorious the role of man if, indeed, without guidance and without consolation he must create from his own rituals the meaning for his existence and write the rules whereby he lives. Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a..."
Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder. Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "The marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she is a..."
The marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she is a householder. Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "I think that it can be assumed that no adults are ever really..."
I think that it can be assumed that no adults are ever really 'shocked' - that being shocked is always a pose. Thornton Wilder

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