Quote of the day
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
Stephen Spender
Born: February 28, 1909
Died: July 16, 1995 (aged 86)
Bio: Sir Stephen Harold Spender was an English poet, novelist and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work.
Known for:
- World within world (1951)
- The Temple (1988)
- New Selected Journals, 1939-1995
- The struggle of the modern (1963)
- Trial of a judge (1938)
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