Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.

Quote by Thornton Wilder

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

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

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

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

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

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...

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

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 future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the...

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy the...

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy the...

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...

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home

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...

A play visibly represents pure existing.

A play visibly represents pure existing.

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...

There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different...

There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different...