The test of an adventure is that when youre in the middle of it, you say to yourself, Oh, now Ive got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home. And the sign that somethings wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure. – Thornton Wilder
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. – Thornton Wilder
Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests. – Thornton Wilder
Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think shes a householder. – Thornton Wilder
…creases like the leathern boot of Tartar horsemen, curl like the dewlap of a mighty bullock, unfold like a mist rising out of a ravine, gleam like a lake touched by a zephyr, and be wet and soft like a forest floor newly swept by rain. – Luwuh, Chaking, regarding selection of the best quality tea leaves