Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Derek Tangye

Born: February 29, 1912
Died: October 26, 1996 (aged 84)
Bio: Derek Alan Trevithick Tangye was a British author who lived in Cornwall for nearly fifty years.
Known for:
- The story of the Minack chronicles (1994)
- Jeannie A Love Story (1941)
- A gull on the roof (1961)
- A Cat in the Window (1962)
- Somewhere a Cat Is Waiting (1976)