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Quote by Thornton Wilder
Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think shes a household

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think shes a householder. – Thornton Wilder

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We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death, yet choice is the sovereign faculty of the mind. – Thornton Wilder

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The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way. – Thornton Wilder

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