It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves.

Quote by Thornton Wilder

Topics: Appearance Quotes

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

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

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home

For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?

For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

An incinerator is a writer's best friend.

When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and...

When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and...

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

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

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

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

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

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

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are...

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are...

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware...

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware...

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the...

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the...

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ...

The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ...

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it...

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it...

We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day...

We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day...

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder

Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder

Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.

Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.

Women gain weight after marriage. Men gain weight after divorce.

Women gain weight after marriage. Men gain weight after divorce.