Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
Born: November 2, 1808
Died: April 23, 1889 (aged 80)
Bio: Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly was a French novelist and short story writer. He specialised in mystery tales that explored hidden motivation and hinted at evil without being explicitly concerned with anything supernatural.
Known for:
- Les Diaboliques (1874)
- The Story Without a Name (1882)
- Dandyism
- The Bewitched (1852)