Theophilus North Quotes

“The past and the future are always present within us.”
― Thornton Wilder, Theophilus North

“It is well to be attentive to successive ambitions that flood the growing boy's and girl's imagination. They leave profound traces behind them. During those years when the first sap is rising the future tree is foreshadowing its contour. We are shaped by the promises of imagination.”
― Thornton Wilder, Theophilus North

“I like to walk home by the Cliff Walk, and as I never can break off when once I’ve begun it, I generally end up by doing all four miles. I bring a book along and read a hundred pages in every one of my favorite retreats, while the sun goes down and the almost-Italian sea goes through a series of enchanting metamorphoses between its headlands and rocks. The homes of the rich are all but on the Walk and almost all open now, but never once have I encountered a Real One out walking. . . .”
― Thornton Wilder, Theophilus North

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― Thornton Wilder, Theophilus North: A Novel