Some say that we shall never know, and that to the gods we are like the flies that the… — Thornton Wilder

Some 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.

The Bridge on San Luis Rey · 1927
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Wilder, Thornton. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Vintage, 2023.
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Wilder, Thornton. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Albert & Charles Boni, 1927.