Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Carolina Maria de Jesus

Born: March 14, 1914
Died: February 13, 1977 (aged 62)
Bio: Carolina Maria de Jesus was a Brazilian writer who lived most of her life in a favela of São Paulo, Brazil.
Known for:
- Child of the Dark (1960)
- Diario de Bitita
- Quarto de despejo (1962)
- Bitita's diary






