Quote of the day
Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you how to stop suffering. That is its purpose.
Mary Gaitskill
Born: November 11, 1954 (age 70)
Bio: Mary Gaitskill is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories, and The O. Henry Prize Stories.
Known for:
- Bad behavior (1988)
- Two girls, fat and thin (1991)
- Because They Wanted To (1997)
- Veronica (2005)
- The Mare: A Novel (2015)