Quotes from authors that died on Feb 8th
Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.
Charles Curtis
Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
Iris Murdoch
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
Iris Murdoch
I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day.
George Herman
I don't drink as much as I use to could.
Anna Nicole Smith
Tammy Wynette 
Carl Yastrzemski 
Helen Slater 
Rachel Weisz 
Tom Petty 
David F. Houston 
Umberto Guidoni 
David Ogden Stiers