Gladys Bronwyn Stern

or GB Stern born Gladys Bertha Stern in London, England, wrote many novels (one of which was turned into a film), short stories, plays, memoirs, biographies and literary criticism.

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• Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.

• Man is a complex being who makes deserts bloom and lakes die.

• One thing that's good about procrastination is that you always have something planned for tomorrow.