Thornton Wilder

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only read more

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. read more

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around read more

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.