Quotes from authors that died on Nov 14th
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Jean Paul
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Dawn Powell
To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey when I sailed overseas; it was worth the while.
Joshua Slocum
The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.
William Ames
This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich life.
Malcolm Muggeridge
Rand Beers 
Shawn Ashmore 
Augustine Birrell 
Dakota Fanning 
Woody Herman 
Vita Sackville-West 
Ryan Reynolds 
Richard Price