Quotes from authors that died on Aug 9th
This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification.
Herman Hesse
What we do is as American as lynch mobs. America has always been a complex place.
Jerry Garcia
Until 1914 I loved to travel; I often went to Italy and once spent a few months in India. Since then I have almost entirely abandoned travelling, and I have not been outside of Switzerland for over ten years.
Herman Hesse
Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.
Lincoln Steffens
There are a lot of things you can do with a law degree background, but I just didn't have a passion for it.
Matthew McGrory
Brent Spiner 
Jonathan Krohn 
Chuck Grassley 
Sam Shepard 
Sean O'Casey 
Brian Littrell 
Graham Norton 
Denis Diderot