Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Samuel Shem

Born: 1944 (age 82)
Bio: Samuel Shem is the pen-name of the American psychiatrist Stephen Joseph Bergman. His main works are The House of God and Mount Misery, both fictional but close-to-real first-hand descriptions of the training of doctors in the United States.
Known for:
- The House of God (1978)
- Mount Misery (1997)
- The spirit of the place (2008)
- We have to talk (1998)






