Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you.
Thornton WilderDo any human beings ever realize life while they live it?
Thornton WilderThe test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you say to yourself "Oh now I've got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home. And the sign that something's wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure.
Thornton WilderMy advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it is on your plate.
Thornton WilderSome say that we shall never know, and that to the gods we are like the flies that the boys kill on a summer's day, and some say, to the contrary, that the very sparrows do not lose a feather that has not been brushed away by the finger of God.
Thornton WilderThe public for which masterpieces are intended is not on this earth.
Thornton WilderStichwörter: art
On Friday noon, July twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below.
Thornton WilderNever 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 WilderStichwörter: morality virtue sinners vice
There is no drunkenness equal to that of remembering whispered words in the night.
Thornton WilderOh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it -- every, every minute?
Thornton WilderStichwörter: life appreciation-of-life
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