Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Roger Peyrefitte

Born: August 17, 1907
Died: November 5, 2000 (aged 93)
Bio: Roger Peyrefitte was, writer of controversial novels, literary biographies and a former French diplomat involved with the advancement of homosexual issues.