Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Anna Leonowens
Born: November 5, 1831
Died: January 19, 1915 (aged 83)
Bio: Anna Harriette Leonowens was an Anglo-Indian or Indian-born British travel writer, educator and social activist.
Known for:
- The English Governess at the Siamese Court (1870)
- The romance of the harem (1872)
- Siamese Harem Life
- Life and travel in India (1884)
- Our Asiatic cousins (1889)