Quotes from authors that died on Dec 22nd
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.
George Eliot
And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
George Eliot
I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.
George Eliot
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
George Eliot
I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't.
Joe Strummer
David Brin 
Dustin Diamond 
Robert Altman 
Kathy Bates 
Kalpana Chawla 
Michael Winterbottom 
David Trimble 
William Herschel