Quote of the day
Our language has wisely sensed these two sides of man's being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.
Frances Partridge

Born: March 15, 1900
Died: February 5, 2004 (aged 103)
Bio: Frances Catherine Partridge was an English writer. A long-lived member of the Bloomsbury Group, she is probably best known for the publication of her diaries. She married Ralph Partridge in 1933. The couple had one son, Burgo Partridge.
Known for:
- Love in Bloomsbury (1981)
- A pacifist's war (1978)
- Diaries of Frances Partridge, 1939-1972 (2000)
- Life Regained Diaries 1970-1972 (1998)
- Everything to lose (1985)






