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Birthdays occurring on January, 4
Deaths occurring on January, 4
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Joan Delano Aiken died on January 4, 2004
English writer, the daughter of Conrad Aiken, 1924-2004Stories ought not to be just little bits of fantasy that are used to wile away an idle hour; from the beginning of the human race stories have been used - by priests, by bards, by medicine men - as magic instruments of healing, of teaching, as a means of helping people come to terms with the fact that they continually have to face insoluble problems and unbearable realities More quotations from Joan Delano Aiken |
| 2006 |
Irving Layton died on January 4, 2006
Since I no longer expect/ anything from mankind except/ madness,/ meanness, and mendacity;/ egotism,/ cowardice,/ and/ self-delusion,/ I have stopped/ being a/ misanthrope. More quotations from Irving Layton |
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