Thornton Wilder Quotes:
Ocupation: Playwright
Life: April 17, 1897 - December 7, 1975
Birthday: April 17
Death: December 7
We all know that something is eternal. And it ain’t houses and it ain’t names, and it ain’t earth, and it ain’t even the stars . . . everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human beings. All the greatest people ever lived have been telling us that for five thousand years and yet you’d be surprised how people are always losing hold of it. There’s something way down deep that’s eternal about every human being. -stage manager, in the play OUR TOWN
source: Thornton Wilder (1957). “Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Matchmaker”
topic: Stars, Years, Play, Stage Managers, Our Town, Always Losing
