--- title: "4 Closest friends Quotes By Thornton Wilder" description: "4 Closest friends quotes by Thornton Wilder. Plus more from Thornton Wilder and more Closest friends sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/thornton-wilder-1495_closest-friends_she-saw-that-the-people-of-this-world-mo_339333.jpg" --- > [“She saw that the people of this world moved about in an armor of egotism, drunk with self-gazing, athirst for compliments, hearing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/she-saw-that-the-people-of-this-world-moved-about-in-an-armor-of/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/thornton-wilder-1495_closest-friends_she-saw-that-the-people-of-this-world-mo_339333.jpg) > [“The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs. Her religious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/the-knowledge-that-she-would-never-be-loved-in-return-acted-upon-her-2/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/thornton-wilder-1495_children_the-knowledge-that-she-would-never-be-lo_1501244.jpg) > [ \[Dona Maria\] saw that the people of this world moved about in an armor of egotism, drunk with self-gazing, athirst for compliments,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/dona-maria-saw-that-the-people-of-this-world-moved-about-in-an-armor/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/thornton-wilder-1495_accidents_dona-maria-saw-that-the-people-of-this-w_2369283.jpg) > [“Next she lost her belief in the sincerity of those about her. She secretly refused to believe that anyone (herself excepted) loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/next-she-lost-her-belief-in-the-sincerity-of-those-about-her-she/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/thornton-wilder-1495_closest-friends_next-she-lost-her-belief-in-the-sincerit_2697204.jpg) ## More by Thornton Wilder > [“He respected the slight nervous shadow that crossed her face when he came too near her. But there arose out of this denial itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/he-respected-the-slight-nervous-shadow-that-crossed-her-face-when-he/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/when-you-re-safe-at-home-you-wish-you-were-having-an-adventure-when/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [“Simon Stimson: "...That's what it was to be alive. To move about in a cloud of ignorance; to go up and down trampling on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/simon-stimson-that-s-what-it-was-to-be-alive-to-move-about-in-a-cloud/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [“Love as education is one of the great powers of the world, but it hangs in a delicate suspension; it achieves its harmony as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/love-as-education-is-one-of-the-great-powers-of-the-world-but-it/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/many-great-writers-have-been-extraordinarily-awkward-in-daily/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [A man looks pretty small at a wedding, George. All those good women standing shoulder to shoulder, making sure that the knot's tied in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/a-man-looks-pretty-small-at-a-wedding-george-all-those-good-women/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/the-knowledge-that-she-would-never-be-loved-in-return-acted-upon-her/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [“But while they continued staring into one another’s face waiting for the miracle of science the pain grew worse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/but-while-they-continued-staring-into-one-another-s-face-waiting-for/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/i-am-convinced-that-except-in-a-few-extraordinary-cases-one-form-or/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/many-who-have-spent-a-lifetime-in-it-can-tell-us-less-of-love-than/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [“Cesar is not a philosophical man. His life has been one long flight from reflection. At least he is clever enough not to expose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/cesar-is-not-a-philosophical-man-his-life-has-been-one-long-flight/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [Every person who has ever lived has lived an unbroken succession of unique occasions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/every-person-who-has-ever-lived-has-lived-an-unbroken-succession-of/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [“Without your wounds where would your power be? It is your melancholy that makes your low voice tremble into the hearts of men and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/without-your-wounds-where-would-your-power-be-it-is-your-melancholy/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/ninety-nine-per-cent-of-the-people-in-the-world-are-fools-and-the/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) > [There's nothing like mixing with woman to bring out all the foolishness in a man of sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-wilder/there-s-nothing-like-mixing-with-woman-to-bring-out-all-the/) [Thornton Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-wilder/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/closest-friends/thornton-wilder/#itemlist", "name": "4 Closest friends Quotes By Thornton Wilder", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She saw that the people of this world moved about in an armor of egotism, drunk with self-gazing, athirst for compliments, hearing little of what was said to them, unmoved by the accidents that befell their closest friends, in dread of all appeals that might interrupt their long communion with their own desires. 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