Karen Blixen, Danish author (pen name, Isak Dinesen)

“But you must not think that I am frightfully depressed and see everything in a tragic light. That is not at all the case; on the contrary, I think that these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one goes around worrying over are of no importance whatsoever.” (from a 1931 letter)

April 17, 1885-Sept. 7, 1962