A play visibly represents pure existing.

Quote by Thornton Wilder

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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...

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

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...

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...

The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

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...

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast...

It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast...

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...

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...

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put...

Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put...

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live...

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live...

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...

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.

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...

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we...

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we...

Fortune sides with him who dares

Fortune sides with him who dares

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his...

In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his...

I were but little happy, if I could say how much

I were but little happy, if I could say how much

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow...

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow...

Perfection is the child of time

Perfection is the child of time