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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 bridgedeadland Change image and share on social
It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves. Thornton Wilder appearancebeholdereye Change image and share on social
Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. Thornton Wilder childdoglifetime Change image and share on social
I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.' Susan Minot backbackgroundcentury share on social
I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky. Esa-Pekka Salonen havelearnlot Change image and share on social
Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters: flip-flopping politicians who speak in poll-tested platitudes. Yes, he's the anti-Romney. Ron Fournier antiantithesisauthentic share on social