American - Novelist | April 17, 1897 - December 7, 1975
But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among the human beings or not - a fool among fools or a fool alone.
Thornton Wilder
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It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness.
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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 gifts.
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Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
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If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent.
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Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.
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I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for.
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An incinerator is a writer's best friend.
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For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?
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The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.
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Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.
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Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
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