Quote of the day
I had never been as resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because, although I couldn't sew, I could think.
Frances Parkinson Keyes

Born: July 21, 1885
Died: July 3, 1970 (aged 84)
Bio: Frances Parkinson Keyes was an American author, and a convert to Roman Catholicism, whose works frequently featured Catholic themes and beliefs. Her last name rhymes with "skies," not "keys."
Known for:
- Dinner at Antoines (1948)
- Joy Street (1950)
- Steam-boat Gothic (1952)
- Crescent Carnival (1942)
- Blue camellia (1957)






