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
Corbin Bernsen 
Jack Kilby 
Connie Willis 
Tiffani Amber Thiessen 
Andre Dawson 
Tim Conway 
Comte de Lautreamont 
Robert Graves