Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Joan Didion
Born: December 5, 1934
Died: December 23, 2021 (aged 87)
Bio: Joan Didion was an American author best known for her novels and her literary journalism. Her novels and essays explore the disintegration of American morals and cultural chaos, where the overriding theme is individual and social fragmentation.
Known for:
- The Year of Magical Thinking (2005)
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968)
- The White Album (1979)
- Blue Nights (2011)
- Play It as It Lays (1970)
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