Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Thornton Wilder Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Apr 17, 1897
  • Died: Dec 7, 1975

Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes—for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the two plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth—and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day.

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value. love

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

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose. being alone & freedom

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous it is nothing if it is not ridiculous. faith & hope

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. pets

It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness. beauty

We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death, yet choice is the sovereign faculty of the mind. death

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much. best

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home. home

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home. home

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. greatness

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day. work

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 sayings from Robert Browning

22 sayings from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 other views from Honore de Balzac

53 other views from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 other thoughts from Isadora Duncan

5 other thoughts from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 other thoughts from Henry Ward Beecher

58 other thoughts from Henry Ward Beecher