Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a U.S. National Book Award for the...
Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.
It’s hard being left behind. It’s hard to be the one who stays.
—Audrey Niffenegger in The Time Traveler’s Wife