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Thought For the Day: Many Who Have Spent A Lifetime In It Can Tell Us Less of Love Than the Child That Lost A Dog Yesterday

Posted on April 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.” -Thornton Wilder, writer (17 Apr 1897-1975)

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Thought For the Day: Write To Express, Not to Impress

Posted on May 22, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good.” – Thornton Wilder For an interesting interview with Wilder see:https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4887/thornton-wilder-the-art-of-fiction-no-16-thornton-wilder      

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