Quote of the day
In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?
Joan Lindsay
Born: November 16, 1896
Died: December 23, 1984 (aged 88)
Bio: Lady Joan à Beckett Lindsay was an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and visual artist. Trained in her youth as a painter, Lindsay published her first literary work in 1936 at age forty under a pseudonym, a satirical novel titled Through Darkest Pondelayo.
Known for:
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (1967)
- Time Without Clocks (1962)
- Through Darkest Pondelayo (1936)
- Syd Sixpence (1982)
- David and Meagan Middleton