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Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible.

Thornton Wilder

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Thornton Wilder
Age: 78 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 17
Died: 1975
Died: December 7
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Madison
Wisconsin
Thornton Niven Wilder
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Adventure
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Life

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