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.
Thornton WilderThe difference between a little money and no money at all is enormous-and can shatter the world. And the difference between a little money and an enormous amount of money is very slight-and that, also, can shatter the world.
Thornton WilderHe regarded love as a sort of cruel malady through which the elect are required to pass in their late youth and from which they emerge, pale and wrung, but ready for the business of living.
Thornton WilderWe all know that something is eternal. And it ainโt houses and it ainโt names, and it ainโt earth, and it ainโt even the stars . . . everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings. All the greatest people ever lived have been telling us that for five thousand years and yet youโd be surprised how people are always losing hold of it. Thereโs something way down deep thatโs eternal about every human being. -stage manager, in the play OUR TOWN
Thornton Wilder