Thornton Wilder livre The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927)
Thornton Niven Wilder, né le 17 avril 1897 à Madison dans le Wisconsin et mort le 7 décembre 1975 à Hamden dans le Connecticut, est un dramaturge et romancier américain. Son chef-d'œuvre au théâtre est Our Town. Il a remporté trois prix Pulitzer et un National Book Award. Wikipedia

Thornton Wilder livre The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927)
“I hold that we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility.”
Thornton Wilder livre The Ides of March
The Ides of March (1948), sec. VIII, item 977, p. 34 http://books.google.com/books?id=8IgRAAAAMAAJ&q=%22I+hold+that+we+cannot+be+said+to+be+aware+of+our+minds+save+under+responsibility%22&pg=PA34#v=onepage
Antrobus, in Act 3
The Skin of Our Teeth (1942)
Writers at Work interview (1958)
As quoted in "The Notation of the Heart" by Edmund Fuller, in The American Scholar Reader (1960) edited by Hiram Hayden and Betsy Saunders
Thornton Wilder livre The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927)
Thornton Wilder livre The Eighth Day
The Eighth Day (1967)
Thornton Wilder The Matchmaker
Malachi, in Act 3
The Matchmaker (1954)
Thornton Wilder The Matchmaker
Barnaby, in Act 4
The Matchmaker (1954)
“Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.”
TIME magazine (12 January 1953)
“Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder.”
Thornton Wilder The Matchmaker
Vandergelder, in Act 1
The Matchmaker (1954)
Thornton Wilder livre The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927)
“Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.”
TIME magazine (3 February 1958)
“I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.”
New York Journal-American (11 November 1955)
“Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.”
Thornton Wilder livre The Eighth Day
The Eighth Day (1967)
Thornton Wilder livre The Eighth Day
The Eighth Day (1967)
“Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.”
Thornton Wilder livre The Eighth Day
The Eighth Day (1967)