Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Jan de Hartog
Born: April 22, 1914
Died: September 22, 2002 (aged 88)
Bio: Jan de Hartog was a Dutch playwright, novelist and occasional social critic who moved to the United States in the early 1960s and became a Quaker.
Known for:
- The Spiral Road (1962)
- Ergens in Nederland (1940)
- The Key (1958)
- The Inspector (1962)