Quotes from authors that died on Dec 27th
I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion.
Zona Gale
Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Brendan Gill
Parody is homage gone sour.
Brendan Gill
I do believe in living out your own time, unless it's absolutely impossible, which it is for some people.
Alan Bates
The recollection of how, when and where it all happened became vague as the lingering strains hung in the rafters of the studio. I wanted to shout back at it, Maybe I didn't write you, but I found you.
Hoagy Carmichael
Barry Manilow 
Rupert Everett 
Reginald Maudling 
Ibrahim Rugova 
Eva Mendes 
Arto Lindsay 
Jean Cocteau 
Bianca Jagger