Quote of the day
We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
Eileen Shanahan
Born: October 28, 1901
Died: January 28, 1979 (aged 77)
Bio: Eileen Shanahan was an Irish poet. Her best-known poem, The Three Children, has been republished five times since its original publication in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1929, and was included in the Oxford Book of Irish Verse.