Quotes from authors born in 1897
I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor.
Dorothy Day
A laugh is a terrible weapon.
Kate O'Brien
Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.
William Faulkner
In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.
Pope Paul VI
Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.
Pope Paul VI
Merle Haggard 
Alice Walker 
Masami Akita 
Ruben Dario 
Margaret Turnbull 
Abraham Clark 
Martin Gardner 
Janet Leigh