Quote of the day
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Paul Bowles

Born: December 30, 1910
Died: November 18, 1999 (aged 88)
Bio: Paul Frederic Bowles was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with Tangier, Morocco, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his life.
Known for:
- The Sheltering Sky (1949)
- The spider's house (1955)
- Let It Come Down (1952)
- Up Above the World (1966)
- The Stories of Paul Bowles