Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
James Thurber
Born: December 8, 1894
Died: November 2, 1961 (aged 66)
Bio: James Grover Thurber was an American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker magazine and collected in his numerous books.
Known for:
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939)
- The 13 Clocks (1950)
- My Life and Hard Times (1933)
- The Wonderful O (1957)
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