Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Gladys Browyn Stern, born Gladys Bertha Stern
English Writer, Novelist, Biographer, Short-story and Playwright
"Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone."
"Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute."
"Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die. "
"She was the perfect cliché among dear little old ladies, down to the very lavender bags she placed among her linen."
"One thing that's good about procrastination is that you always have something planned for tomorrow. "