Ocupation: Writer
Life: February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870
Birthday: February 7
Death: June 9
It was one of those hot, silent nights, when people sit at windows listening for the thunder which they know will shortly break; when they recall dismal tales of hurricanes and earthquakes; and of lonely travellers on open plains, and lonely ships at sea, struck by lightning.
source: Charles Dickens (2015). “Martin Chuzzlewit”, p.731, Booklassic
topic: Lonely, Nature, Night, Silent Night