Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Francis Marion Crawford

Born: August 2, 1854
Died: April 9, 1909 (aged 54)
Bio: Francis Marion Crawford was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.
Known for:
- The upper berth (1894)
- The Witch of Prague (1885)
- For the Blood is the Life
- Don Orsino (1891)
- Ave Roma immortalis (1898)