Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Nina Berberova

Born: July 26, 1901
Died: September 26, 1993 (aged 92)
Bio: Nina Nikolayevna Berberova was a Russian Empire-born writer who chronicled the lives of Russian exiles in Paris in her short stories and novels. She visited post-Soviet Russia and died in Philadelphia.
Known for:
- The Book of Happiness
- The Italics are Mine (1969)
- The accompanist (1985)
- Billancourt tales