Quote of the day
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.
Simon Winchester

Born: September 28, 1944 (age 81)
Bio: Simon Winchester, is a British author and journalist who resides in Massachusetts, in the United States. Through his career at The Guardian, Winchester covered numerous significant events, including Bloody Sunday and the Watergate Scandal.
Known for:
- The Surgeon of Crowthorne (1998)
- The Pacific (1991)
- Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded (2004)