“How do you know what the world is like? Do you know the world is a foul sty? Do you know if you rip the fronts off houses you'd find swine? The world's a hell. What does it matter what happens in it?” IfsKnowsWorldDoeMatterHappensHateHouseHellDoubtFrontsDo You KnowRipFoulDoes It MatterSwine Author:Thornton Wilder
“Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.” InspirationalDoeSuccessPurposeConditionsEternalAimStoresProvidence Author:Thornton Wilder
“EMILY: "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it...every, every minute?" STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe...they do some.” DoeRealizingMinutesStagePoetSaintManagersEmilyOur TownStage ManagersRealize Life Author:Thornton Wilder
“All that we know about those we have loved and lost is that they would wish us to remember them with a more intensified realization of their reality. What is essential does not die but clarifies. The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.” KnowsDoeRealityRememberDiesLostWishGriefGratitudeEssentialsHighestRealizationTributeLoved And Lost Author:Thornton Wilder
“For what human ill does dawn not seem to be alternative?” HumansDoeSeemsChoicesHealthIllAlternativesDawn Author:Thornton Wilder
“There is no creation without faith and hope. There is no faith and hope that does not express itself in creation.” DoeFaithCreationHope And Faith Author:Thornton Wilder
