"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

17 April 2024

Happy Birthday, Wilder


I want you to try and remember what it was like to have been very young.  And particularly the days when you were first in love; when you were like a person sleepwalking, and you didn’t quite see the street you were in, and didn’t quite hear everything that was said to you.  You’re just a little bit crazy. Will you remember that, please?

Thornton Wilder, born on this day in 1897, from Our Town

Pictured: Wilder's study.

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