Quote of the day
We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour.
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)







