Quote of the day
A narrow compass! and yet there
Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair;
Give me but what this riband bound,
Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Patricia T. O'Conner
Born: February 19, 1949 (age 75)
Bio: Patricia T. O’Conner is the author of five books about the English language. A former editor at The New York Times Book Review, she appears monthly on WNYC as the "word maven" for The Leonard Lopate Show.