Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth day.
Thornton Wilder

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.
Thornton Wilder

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.
Thornton Wilder

When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift. There is no happiness save in understanding the whole.
Thornton Wilder

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 Wilder

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.
Thornton Wilder

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.
Thornton Wilder

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
Thornton Wilder