Quote of the day
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Lydia Davis
Born: July 15, 1947 (age 77)
Bio: Lydia Davis is an American writer noted for literary works of extreme brevity.
Known for:
- Can't and Won't (2014)
- Break It Down (1986)
- Varieties of Disturbance (2007)
- The end of the story (1995)
- Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories (2001)