“When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home” Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)
. . . This quotation is describing how everyone desires adventure and danger in their lives. At the same time however the need for safety and security can become well recognized. Finding a balance between danger and safety is difficult. Staying safe is easy but allows you to have little excitement in life, where as danger may be over whelming and frightening in many cases. The speaker of the quotation is Thornton Wilder. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and educated at Yale and Princeton He was an accomplished novelist and playwright. His works explore the connection between the commonplace and the cosmic dimensions of human experience. The significance of the quotation is to show the importance of having a balance of both safety and danger. When in the position of one you wish for more of the other. . .
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