Quote of the day
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
Born: March 23, 1814
Died: February 1, 1873 (aged 58)
Bio: Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga was a 19th-century Cuban-born Spanish writer. Born in Puerto Príncipe, she lived in Cuba until she was 22.