Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
Blanche Willis Howard

Born: July 21, 1847
Died: October 7, 1898 (aged 51)
Bio: Blanche Willis Howard was a best-selling American novelist who lived most of her productive years in southern Germany.
Known for:
- Tony, the maid (1887)
- Guenn; a wave on the Breton coast (1883)
- A fellowe and his wife (1892)
- Aunt Serena (1881)






