Quotes from authors that died on Dec 16th
Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.
Dorothy Dix
There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.
Dorothy Dix
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
W. Somerset Maugham
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
W. Somerset Maugham
When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
W. Somerset Maugham
Arthur Eddington 
Vijay Singh 
Harry Lauder 
Billy Idol 
John Ambrose Fleming 
John Jacob Astor 
Philip Zimbardo 
Jacques Santer