Quote of the day
The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you.
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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