Quote of the day
It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.
John Carey
Born: April 5, 1934 (age 91)
Bio: John Carey is a British literary critic, and post-retirement emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. He is known for his anti-elitist views on high culture, as expounded in several books.
Known for:
- The Faber Book of Science
- Thackeray
- Milton Complete Shorter Poems
- Andrew Marvell: a critical anthology
- Here comes Dickens