English: Joan Didion at the 2008 Brooklyn Book Festival in New York City. The photographer dedicates this photograph to Eleanor Silvers, mother of Jeffpw. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” — Joan Didion
(Today is Joan’s 81st birthday! Happy birthday, Joan! Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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