Quote of the Day

“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr

Oliver Wendell Holmes was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.