Quote of the day
It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.
Arthur Ransome

Born: January 18, 1884
Died: June 3, 1967 (aged 83)
Bio: Arthur Michell Ransome was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads.
Known for:
- Swallows and Amazons (1930)
- Coot Club (1934)
- Swallowdale (1931)
- Pigeon Post (1936)
- Winter Holiday (1933)