Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
Norman Rush

Born: October 24, 1933 (age 92)
Bio: Norman Rush is an American writer whose introspective novels and short stories are set in Botswana in the 1980s. He won the U.S. National Book Award and the 1992 Irish Times/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize for his novel Mating.
Known for:
- Mating (1991)
- Subtle Bodies (2013)
- Mortals (2003)
- Whites (1986)






