Wilder

Famous quotes containing the word wilder:

    It was a hot afternoon and I can still remember the smell of honeysuckle all along the street. How can I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle?
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)

    I know you’re trying, Don. We’re both trying. You’re trying not to drink and I’m trying not to love you.
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)

    I’ve never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for—whether it’s a field, or a home, or a country.
    —Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)