Ben Ames Williams Quotes
Life is the acceptance of responsibilities or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations or avoiding them. To every man the choice is continually being offered, and by the manner of his choosing you may fairly measure him.
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Birth: | 7th March, 1889 |
Death: | 4th February, 1953 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist |
Ben Ames Williams was anĀ American novelist and short story writer; he wrote hundreds of short stories and over thirty novels during the course of his life. Among his novels are Come Spring, Leave Her to HeavenĀ House Divided, and The Unconquered. He was published in many magazines, but the majority of his stories appeared in the pages of the Saturday Evening Post. He is arguably most famous for creating the fictional town of Fraternity.
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