Quotes from authors that died on Aug 30th
My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.
Taylor Caldwell
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.
Naguib Mahfouz
The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art.
Naguib Mahfouz
Without literature my life would be miserable.
Naguib Mahfouz
I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.
Taylor Caldwell
Jack Reed 
Andy Stern 
Noel Coward 
Dennis Franz 
Edward Blake 
Doris Lessing 
Charles Marion Russell 
William M. Evarts