There is nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head.
Thornton WilderI 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 WilderThat's the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don't feel the need to be impatient any longer.
Thornton WilderA man looks pretty small at a wedding, George. All those good women standing shoulder to shoulder, making sure that the knot's tied in a mighty public way.
Thornton WilderI want you to try and remember what it was like to have been very young. And particularly the days when you were first in love; when you were like a person sleepwalking, and you didnโt quite see the street you were in, and didnโt quite hear everything that was said to you. Youโre just a little bit crazy. Will you remember that, please?
Thornton Wilder