Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
David Quammen

Born: February, 1948 (age 77)
Bio: David Quammen is an American science, nature and travel writer and the author of fifteen books, five of them fiction. He wrote a column, called "Natural Acts" for Outside magazine for fifteen years.
Known for:
- The song of the dodo (1996)
- The Reluctant Mr. Darwin (2006)