Elwyn Brooks White, American writer, author of popular children’s books, including āStuart Littleā Ā and āCharlotte’s Webā, was born on 11 July 1899 ( and died in 1985) Here are three of his quotes: š I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management. šĀ Prejudice is a great time saver.… Read More Happy Birthday, E.B. White!š
Mignon McLaughlin (6 June 1913 ā1983) was an American journalist and author who wrote a lot of aphorisms and collected them in three volumes. She also published short stories in Redbook, Cosmopolitan, and other womenās magazines, and later she worked for Vogue and Glamour. š“ āIt’s impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends,… Read More The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook
Natalie Anne Merchant (born on 26 October 1963)Ā is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet In her beautiful song āOpheliaā (Dec 6: OPHELIA by Natalie Merchant), she imagines a woman living different lives throughout history , which in the end appear to be delusions from a mental patient (the real Ophelia). Three quotes: āI… Read More šHappy Birthday, Natalie Merchant!š
“Yesterday” is a melancholy ballad in which the singer expresses his regrets about his past. It is a feeling we all experience, when we look back to the times when everything was fine and we had nothing to be worried about. Then we realize we have made mistakes and lost something, and we wish we… Read More “Yesterday”: the backstory
“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” (H. Hoover) Herbert Hoover (August 10, 1874 ā-1964), Americaās 31st president, took office in 1929, the year the U.S. economy fell into the Great Depression. Even though his predecessorsā policies contributed to the crisis, Hoover bore much of the blame in the… Read More Herbert Hoover
āThe Catcher in the Ryeā, Ā the famous novel by Jerome David Salinger. was published in 1951, at a time when American industrial economy was making the nation prosperous, and rooted social rules served as a code of conformity for the young generations. The use of slang and profanity and the discussion of adolescent sexuality seemed… Read More 16 July 1951: publication of āThe Catcher in the Ryeā
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