Quote of the day
It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content … it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.
Mary Johnston
Born: November 21, 1870
Died: May 9, 1936 (aged 65)
Bio: Mary Johnston was an American novelist and women's rights advocate from Virginia. She was one of America's best selling authors during her writing career and had three silent films adapted from her novels.
Known for:
- To Have and to Hold (1899)
- The Long Roll (1911)
- Lewis Rand (1908)
- Sir Mortimer (1904)
- Cease Firing (1912)







