In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment. — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
In my plays I want to look at life at the commonplace of existence as if we had just turned a corner… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
“In the past I wanted to be hung. It was worth while being hung to be a hero, seeing that life was… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
I want to look at life - at the commonplaces of existence - as if we had just turned a corner and… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
Thank God our time is now when wrong comes up to meet us everywhere never to leave us till we take, the… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
“JENNET: They also say that I bring back the past; For instance Helen comes Brushing the maggots from her eyes, And, clearing… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
“They say that I bring back the past; For instance, Helen comes, Brushing the maggots from her eyes, And, clearing her throat… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
“I seem to wish to have some importance In the play of time. If not, Then sad was my mother's pain, my… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement . . . says heaven and earth in one word .… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
My trouble is I'm the sort of writer who only finds out what he's getting at by the time he's got to… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment. — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
“Mother, I make it known publicly: I'm tired of my little brother. Will you please Give him to some charity?” — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
“THOMAS Can I have your name? RICHARD It's yours. THOMAS Now, look RICHARD It's no earthly Use to me. I travel light; as light,… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
The difference between tragedy and comedy is the difference between experience and intuition. In the experience we strive against every condition of our animal… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
“A priest found an infant, about ten inches long, Crammed into the poor-box. The money had all Been taken. Nothing was there except myself,… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
“JENNET. Twilight, double, treble, in and out! If I try to find my way I bark my brain On shadows sharp as rocks where… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
Life itself is the real and most miraculous miracle of all. If one had never before seen a human hand and were suddenly presented… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
“JENNET What can you see Out there? THOMAS Out here? Out here is a sky so gentle Five stars are ventured on it. I… — Christopher Fry Copy Share Image
