Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
William Rose Benét

Born: February 2, 1886
Died: May 4, 1950 (aged 64)
Bio: William Rose Benét was an American poet, writer, and editor. He was the older brother of Stephen Vincent Benét.
Known for:
- Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia (1948)
- The spirit of the scene
- Perpetual Light (1919)
- Merchants from Cathay (1913)
- The Dust Which Is God (1945)