Christopher Fry Life Quotations

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time.

I want to look at life - at the commonplaces of existence - as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time

In my plays I want to look at life at the commonplace of existence as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time.

The first of our senses which we should take care never to let rust through disuse is that sixth sense, the imagination. I mean the wide-open eye which leads us to see truth more vividly, to apprehend more broadly, to concern ourselves more deeply, to be, all our life long, sensitive and awake to the powers and responsibilities given to us as human beings.