Corrie Ten Boom died on April 15, 1983 Dutch watchmaker, writer and evangelist. She and her family helped many Jews escape during WWII and were improsoned because of it. 1892-1983
Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
All great art, and today all great artlessness, must appear extreme to the mass of men, as we know them today. It springs from the anguish of great souls. From the souls of men not formed, but deformed in factories whose inspiration is pelf.
William Empson died on April 15, 1984 Britishpoet and critic known for his immense influence on 20th-century literary criticism and for his rational, metaphysical poetry. 1906-1984
. . . life involves maintaining oneself between contradictions that can't be solved by analysis.
Jean Genet died on April 15, 1986 French criminal turned novelist and dramatist. Leading figure in the avant garde theatre, especially the Theatre of the Absurd. 1910-1986
I'm homosexual... How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green.
