Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
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)