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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/thornton-wilder" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Thornton Wilder"  src="//izquotes.com/images/thornton-wilder-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/thornton-wilder/a-dramatist-is-one-who-believes-that-the-pure-event-an-action-involving-human-beings-is-more-198200" class="qlink">A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/thornton-wilder">Thornton Wilder</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Writers at Work interview (1958)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/thornton-wilder/a-dramatist-is-one-who-believes-that-the-pure-event-an-action-involving-human-beings-is-more-198200',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fthornton-wilder%2Fa-dramatist-is-one-who-believes-that-the-pure-event-an-action-involving-human-beings-is-more-198200&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=A+dramatist+is+one+who+believes+that+the+pure+event%2C+an+action+involving+human+beings%2C+is...+%28Thornton+Wilder%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fthornton-wilder%2Fa-dramatist-is-one-who-believes-that-the-pure-event-an-action-involving-human-beings-is-more-198200',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/thornton-wilder/a-dramatist-is-one-who-believes-that-the-pure-event-an-action-involving-human-beings-is-more-198200" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/thornton-wilder" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Thornton Wilder"  src="//izquotes.com/images/thornton-wilder-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/thornton-wilder/hope-like-faith-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-courageous-it-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-ridiculous-198206" class="qlink">Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/thornton-wilder">Thornton Wilder</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> The Eighth Day (1967)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/thornton-wilder/hope-like-faith-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-courageous-it-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-ridiculous-198206',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fthornton-wilder%2Fhope-like-faith-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-courageous-it-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-ridiculous-198206&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=Hope%2C+like+faith%2C+is+nothing+if+it+is+not+courageous%3B+it+is+nothing+if+it+is+not+ridiculous.+%28Thornton+Wilder%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fthornton-wilder%2Fhope-like-faith-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-courageous-it-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-ridiculous-198206',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/thornton-wilder/hope-like-faith-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-courageous-it-is-nothing-if-it-is-not-ridiculous-198206" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/thornton-wilder" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="Thornton Wilder"  src="//izquotes.com/images/thornton-wilder-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/thornton-wilder/i-am-convinced-that-except-in-a-few-extraordinary-cases-one-form-or-another-of-an-unhappy-198207" class="qlink">I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/thornton-wilder">Thornton Wilder</a></div><div class="refbox">Source/Notes: <br /> Writers at Work interview (1958)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/thornton-wilder/i-am-convinced-that-except-in-a-few-extraordinary-cases-one-form-or-another-of-an-unhappy-198207',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fthornton-wilder%2Fi-am-convinced-that-except-in-a-few-extraordinary-cases-one-form-or-another-of-an-unhappy-198207&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=I+am+convinced+that%2C+except+in+a+few+extraordinary+cases%2C+one+form+or+another+of+an+unhappy...+%28Thornton+Wilder%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fthornton-wilder%2Fi-am-convinced-that-except-in-a-few-extraordinary-cases-one-form-or-another-of-an-unhappy-198207',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/thornton-wilder/i-am-convinced-that-except-in-a-few-extraordinary-cases-one-form-or-another-of-an-unhappy-198207" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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