Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Mary Ann Glendon

Born: October 7, 1938 (age 86)
Bio: Mary Ann Glendon, J.D., LL.M. is the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a former United States Ambassador to the Holy See.
Known for:
- Rights Talk (1991)
- Abortion and divorce in western law (1987)
- A nation under lawyers (1994)
- The transformation of family law (1989)