“In the past I wanted to be hung. It was worth while being hung to be a hero, seeing that life was not really worth living.” — 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, That is, as a man can travel who will Still carry his body around because Of its sentimental value. Flesh Weighs like a thousand years, and every morning Wakes heavier for an intake of uproariously Comical… — Christopher Fry Copy Share
The difference between tragedy and comedy is the difference between experience and intuition. In the experience we strive against every condition of our animal life: against death, against the frustration of ambition, against the instability of human love. In the intuition we trust the arduous eccentricities we're born to, and see the oddness of a creature who has never got… — Christopher Fry Copy Share
“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
