Quote of the day
It was our fault, and our very great fault—and now we must turn it to use.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
Gertrud von Le Fort
Born: October 11, 1876
Died: November 1, 1971 (aged 95)
Bio: The Baroness Gertrud von Le Fort was a German writer of novels, poems and essays.
Known for:
- The song at the scaffold (1933)
- The eternal woman
- The Wife of Pilate and Other Stories
- Hymns to the Church
- The Veil of Veronica