“People a thousand years from now - this is the way we were in the provinces north of New York at the beginning of the 20th century. This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our living and in our dying.” PeopleWayYearsBookLanguageGrowing UpGrowingCenturyDyingNew YorkThousandThousand Years20th CenturyProvincesMarryingOur Town Book:Our town: a play in three acts Source: Our town: a play in three acts
“The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way.” WayWritingWinningLanguageResourcesManipulationExploration Author:Thornton Wilder
“We all know that something is eternal. And it ain’t houses and it ain’t names, and it ain’t earth, and it ain’t 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 you’d be surprised how people are always losing hold of it. There’s something way down deep that’s eternal about every human being. -stage manager, in the play OUR TOWN” PeopleKnowsWayYearsHumansHas BeensPlayEarthHouseNamesStarsHuman BeingsFiveStageThousandEternalLosingTownsBonesManagersThousand YearsOur TownStage ManagersAlways Losing Book:Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Matchmaker Source: Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Matchmaker
“We live in what is, but we find a thousand ways not to face it. Great theater strengthens our faculty to face it.” WayLifeFacesThousandTheaterFaculty Author:Thornton Wilder
“The dead don't stay interested in us living people for very long. Gradually, gradually, they let go hold of the earth . . . and the ambitions they had . . . and the things they suffered . . . and the people they loved. They get weaned away from the earth - that's the way I put it - weaned away.” PeopleWayLongEarthLetting GoAmbition Author:Thornton Wilder
“A 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.” MenWayLooksStandingShouldersTiedKnotsGood Woman Book:Our town: a play in three acts Source: Our town: a play in three acts
