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Thornton Wilder Quotes

Thornton Wilder quotes about alone

American Novelist, Writer April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975

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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
Esteban fell face downward upon the floor. "I am alone, alone, alone," he cried. The Captain stood above him, his great plain face ridged and gray with pain; it was his own old hours he was reliving. He was the awkwardest speaker in the world apart from the lore of the sea, but there are times when it requires a high courage to speak the banal. He could not be sure the figure on the floor was listening, but he said, "We do what we can. We push on, Esteban, as best we can. It isn't for... Thornton Wilder
the condition of leadership adds new degrees of solitariness to the basic solitude of mankind. Every order that we issue increases the extent to which we are alone, and every show of deference which is extended to us separates us from our fellows. Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more..."
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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