Quote of the day
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Konstantin Simonov
Born: November 15, 1915
Died: August 28, 1979 (aged 63)
Bio: Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill Mikhailovich Simonov was a Soviet author and a war poet. He was a playwright and a wartime correspondent, most famous for his poem Wait for Me.