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).
Elizabeth Kolbert

Born: 1961 (age 64)
Bio: Elizabeth Kolbert is an American journalist and author and professor at Williams College. She is best known for her 2006 book Field Notes from a Catastrophe, and as an observer and commentator on environmentalism for The New Yorker magazine.
Known for:
- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (2014)
- Field Notes from a Catastrophe (2006)
- The Prophet of Love (2004)