Quote of the day
Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Dick Francis
Born: October 31, 1920
Died: February 14, 2010 (aged 89)
Bio: Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer, whose novels centre on horse racing in England.
Known for:
- Under Orders (2006)
- Whip Hand (1979)
- 10 lb. Penalty (1997)
- Bonecrack (1971)
- Kit Fielding Omnibus: Break In, Bolt (2003)