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JillHelmers: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” ~Thornton Wilder

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jaci50668: For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation.,Thornton Wilder,anxiety, worry,

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

BeineckeLibrary: Tennessee Williams, Donald Windham, Thornton Wilder, & Guthrie McClintock from the dress rehearsal before opening in Boston for You Touched Me, 1945. DW & Sandy Campbell papers

ClassicTheatreM: First produced and published in 1938, this Pulitzer Prize–winning drama of life in the small village of Grover’s Corners has become an American classic and Thornton Wilder’s most renowned and frequently performed play. Tickets:

sidhubaba: “In the summer of 2011, Arenas acted with former Wizards teammate Etan Thomas in a dramatic production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder.”

AlexanderLHK: "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures" -- Thornton Wilder

bsdfortune: JohnDame MayOscar Was GayWas WhittyWas Wilde But Gerard HopkinsBut John GreenleafBut Thornton Was ManleyWas WhittierWas Wilder -- Willard Espy

RaquelMTeaches: Shamefully, I just read Our Town (Thornton Wilder) yesterday for the first time. Such a beautiful play!

GordonTredgold: Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it. - Thornton Wilder

fraserdyer: “Hope is a projection of the imagination; so is despair. Despair all too readily embraces the ills it foresees; hope is an energy and arouses the mind to explore every possibility to combat them.” — Thornton Wilder

mollype18343729: My son is named Wilder after Thornton Wilder because in 8th my dad and I acted together in Our Town at The Grand Theater. I have a small Mockingbird tattoo because when I was 6 my dad showed me the film To Kill a Mockingbird and I’ve loved it ever since.

mollype18343729: My dad has taught me about everything I know and love about books, theater, film and music. But now his brain is eating itself and as of today my dad can’t tell you who Thornton Wilder is or what To Kill a Mockingbird is. My dad doesn’t recognize me, his only child.

kylekris1124: “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”—Thornton Wilder KYJI HERE TWOstay

_theasophia_: “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” —Thornton Wilder KYJI HERE TWOstay

LucianoG_NYC: “EMILY: "Does anyone ever realize life while they live it...every, every minute?" STAGE MANAGER: "No. Saints and poets maybe...they do some.” ― Thornton Wilder, Our Town

Sabeenahmad1: We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~ Thornton Wilder

ClassicTheatreM: "Come and be transported to Grover's Corners while watching Classic Theatre of Maryland's production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder." Tickets:

alexheard: Help: I'd like to read a bio of Thornton Wilder. Any recs? Thanks.

Thogar: “Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.” - Thornton Wilder

LifeQtos: "The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude." - Thornton Wilder

ClassicTheatreM: Classic Theatre of Maryland is proud to present its upcoming production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder opening Friday, April 7 at 8:00 PM! Tickets:

patrick35157161: Many plays certainly mine are like blank cheques. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.,Thornton Wilder,acting, theatre,

PeterCorbett1: The 1929 Gadsden Hotel in Douglas, Ariz., is home to The Saddle & Spur Tavern. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thornton Wilder drank here during an extended stay in Douglas in 1962-63. He was known among the locals as "Doc" or "the Professor."

2so_fa: 310 518 vues 23 avr. 2022 “Throughout the hours of the night, though there had been few to hear it, the whole sky had been loud with the singing of these constellations.” ― Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis ReyBest of Abakus

movedbygoal: "My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while its on your plate, that's my philosophy." Thornton Wilder

DUS_Tweets: A story of one small town is a portrait of the universal experiences of life, love, and death. Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Our Town invokes powerful storytelling alongside wit and humor to showcase what it means to be human. Get tix at

Vmarshmellow: Tomorrow night (Sat.) at 7pm ET the Thornton Wilder Society is holding an informal reading and discussion of Wilder's Pulitzer Prize- winning book The Bridge of San Luis Rey on Zoom. If you've read this book and want to participate, please let me know and I'll send you the info!

MartyDouglas11: Now we’re getting to the good part

G5Wellness: We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. - Thornton Wilder

Rehamhrb1Hrb: Whenever I'm asked what college I attended I'm tempted to reply Thornton Wilder'.,Garson Kanin,education,

flowerlady61: You know you're home when you walk down the street and a neighbor says "Here comes my favorite right wing radical. Here, have some cupcakes. We had a bake sale at the Firehouse." Thornton Wilder country.

LorraineEvanoff: “There is no need for me to curse you — the murderer survives the victim only to learn that it was himself that he longed to be rid of. Hatred is self-hatred.” Thornton Wilder

shallotpeel: In her new book Anne Heche talks again about how she escaped the life she was born to & became an actress. I figure we were very lucky! New info: the P&G talent scout who was snowed in & came to the Thornton Wilder play where Anne had the lead, was named Donna. cont.

cgeclectics: “Imprisonment of the body is bitter; imprisonment of the mind is worse” ― Thornton Wilder, The Ides of March

KenCureton: 2023-03-15: Quotes, “They can pretend that every act was forced on them under emergency and that every decision was mothered by necessity.” - Thornton Wilder (The Ides of March)

cgeclectics: “It is in this sense that responsibility is liberty; the more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose.” ― Thornton Wilder, The Ides of March

GordonTredgold: Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it. - Thornton Wilder

cgeclectics: “it is human nature which does not change, no matter the era or situation.” ― Thornton Wilder, The Ides of March

ChipDapper: "They can pretend that every act was forced on them under emergency and that every decision was mothered by necessity” -The Ides of March, Thornton Wilder

P_H_Leahigh: “It goes so fast…all that was going on and we never noticed.” Our Town, Thornton Wilder

neglectedbooks: The perfect day to remind folks that Thornton Wilder's novel The Ides of March is an extraordinary work of narrative innovation, a collage of letters, poems, documents & graffiti, both historical and imagined, and absolutely fascinating.

tcm: OUR TOWN ('40) was director Sam Wood's sensitive film treatment of one of the theater's best-loved examples of Americana, Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about life in the fictional New Hampshire town of Grover's Corners in the years 1900 through 1913.

beyourhome: Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder. - Thornton Wilder

andreaskaju: On this day of days, when Caesar was slain, i want to share a reading recommendation, one of my all time favourites, Thornton Wilder's Ides of March. For an aspiring classicist, it is such a treat! Maybe John Williams' Augustus reaches similar heights in

JHDScourfield: A day to recall Thornton Wilder's remarkable documentary novel.

universe4mind: "My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while its on your plate, that's my philosophy." Thornton Wilder

dean_frey: In 1959 Life Magazine published a feature on Shakespeare & Co., with pictures by Loomis Dean. Here are Janet Flanner, James Jones, Thornton Wilder & Alice B. Toklas, reminiscing about the old days.

MazenN93: "My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while its on your plate, that's my philosophy" -- Thornton Wilder

parisreview: “My spring-board has always been long walks. I drink a great deal, but I do not associate it with writing.”—Thornton Wilder

ojalart: “My spring-board has always been long walks. I drink a great deal, but I do not associate it with writing.”—Thornton Wilder

Duvetsqua4224: Look at that moon. Potato weather for sure.,Thornton Wilder, Our Town,facts, moon, potatoes, weather,

Slipkin5285: The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.,Thornton Wilder,epitaph, gratitude,

Nerdy_Atty: Either we live by accident and die by accident, or we live by plan and die by plan Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey

wise_insights4u: We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. - Thornton Wilder

StayInspiredBot: We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. - Thornton Wilder

dinohealth: Reflecting silently on the Train Tragedy in Greece, I experienced Fury and Grief, while recalling Thornton Wilder's ''Bridge of San Luis Rey'' as he posed the question "Is there a direction and meaning in lives beyond the individual's own will?" Ergo, I felt Sadness for...1/2

SchenkJ08468324: The central movement of the mind is the desire for unrestricted liberty and (...) this movement is invariably accompanied by its opposite, a dread of the consequences of liberty.,Thornton Wilder, The Ides of March,freedom, liberty,

ElvineK22023788: If a man has no vices he's in great danger of making vices about his virtues and there's a spectacle.,Thornton Wilder,virtue,

armadill2010: Life is an unbroken succession of false situations. (Thornton Wilder)

ab79257074: For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation.,Thornton Wilder,anxiety, worry,

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

ovopasta: Birthday coming up

RhealynMugri: "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures" -- Thornton Wilder

MeowImageBot: We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. - Thornton Wilder

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LifeCoachMary: We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. -Thornton Wilder

alliebalta: Not that anyone asked BUT if I were to Thornton Wilder’s The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden into a short film, this would be the car.

b2l_Literature: Thornton Wilder - American Writers 34 was first published in 1964. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesot...

sfmnemonic: Somehow, despite having been Wikipedia's general counsel more than a decade ago, I missed this Wikipedia entry on my surname. Thank you, Thornton Wilder, Peter Shaffer, Tolkien's parents, and of course Paul Henning, creator of "Jed" Clampett.

metaandpotatoes: The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder is still surprisingly good. A welcome change from the shit experience i had trying to read -shudders- R.F. Kuang's author's-note-ridden Babel

sjvn: 5 of 5 stars to The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

HRConfes: "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures" -- Thornton Wilder

JoeLeydon: Thornton Wilder's "Theophilus North."

chikuwa100q_bot: 88. 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]

sturgios: Books I read in February. The coverless hardback is The Cabala by Thornton Wilder. My favourite was probably the McCracken narrowly ahead of Barbarians and A Kind of Loving. Men at War is under embargo but I can say it’s very good indeed.

GallagherPreach: We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. - Thornton Wilder

GordonTredgold: Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it. - Thornton Wilder

MazenN93: "My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while its on your plate, that's my philosophy" -- Thornton Wilder

SteveTromans: "There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning." Thornton Wilder, From "Bridge of San Luis Rey" (1927)

metaandpotatoes: anyway i'm reading the Ides of March by Thornton Wilder because the creator of Pathologic mentioned a in the 40-page...interview?...i read a few days ago

juanwitt: We can only be said to be truly alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. - Thornton Wilder The path to happiness is forgiveness of everyone and gratitude for everything. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

JohnStokvis: Thornton Wilder with a million dollar lesson for writers, people making products, really anyone interested in making experiences for anyone else…

Vmarshmellow: The latest edition of the Thornton Wilder Journal from the Thornton Wilder Society is out and contains a review of Broadway’s The Skin of Our Teeth by yours truly. Thank you to the editors who helped me when I stepped in to write this months after having seen the production.

Vmarshmellow: The Thornton Wilder Journal is a wonderful publication for all Wilder fans—it is full of essays, production reviews, and more. You get it as part of your Society membership (only $40 a year), or you can purchase it from Penn State University Press:

MazenN93: "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures" -- Thornton Wilder

DrBea: My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just to enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. - Thornton Wilder

TargetBreakers_: "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." Thornton Wilder

DenverWestword: This mainstay of the American theater canon is a must-see!

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MatRyanELATeach: 11) Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town” (February)

MatRyanELATeach: 12) Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth” (February)

cudy_id: "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures" -- Thornton Wilder

MotivAppBot: We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. [Thornton Wilder]

artoria: the wreck on the 5:25 ➥ thornton wilder [screenplay] completed: feb 23

JFKLibrary: Among the first recipients JFK selected were: singer Marian Anderson scientist Edwin H. Land labor leader George Meany Navajo leader and educator Annie D. Wauneka playwright Thornton Wilder painter Andrew Wyeth See the full list:

ConnectQuotess: "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." Thornton Wilder

BruceVH: I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for. - Thornton Wilder

chikuwa100q_bot: 88. 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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