But there comes a moment in everybody's... by Thornton Wilder

Life Novelist playwright Pulitzer Prize Our Town

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among the human beings or not - a fool among fools or a fool alone.

- Thornton Wilder

Other quotes by Thornton Wilder

Love

I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.

- Thornton Wilder

Hope Faith Nothing

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

- Thornton Wilder

Danger World

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

- Thornton Wilder

Nature Right

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

- Thornton Wilder

Success Nothing

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

- Thornton Wilder

Decisions Freedom

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose.

- Thornton Wilder

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