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Conflict in marriage1 quote
The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so. — Thornton Wilder · 1954God and man1 quote
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. — Thornton Wilder · 1927God and nature1 quote
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. — Thornton Wilder · 1927Inequality in love1 quote
Now he discovered that secret from which one never quite recovers, that even in the most perfect love one person loves less profoundly than the other. There may be two equally good, equally gifted, equally beautiful, but there may never be two that love one another equally well. — Thornton Wilder · 1927Living in the moment1 quote
My advice to you is not to inquire into why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate-that's my philosophy. — Thornton Wilder · 1942Love1 quote
Now he discovered that secret from which one never quite recovers, that even in the most perfect love one person loves less profoundly than the other. There may be two equally good, equally gifted, equally beautiful, but there may never be two that love one another equally well. — Thornton Wilder · 1927Marriage1 quote
The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so. — Thornton Wilder · 1954Mornings1 quote
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go, doesn't it? — Thornton Wilder · 1938Purpose of literature1 quote
The whole purpose of literature... Is the notation of the heart. Style is but the faintly contemptible vessel in which the bitter liquid is recommended to the world. — Thornton Wilder · 1927Stars1 quote
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go, doesn't it? — Thornton Wilder · 1938Unrequited love1 quote
The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs. — Thornton Wilder · 1927