I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life. Jean Giraudoux

The French novelist and playwright was born on this day in 1882.

From Wikipedia: Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I andWorld War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy. Giraudoux's dominant theme is the relationship between man and woman—or in some cases, between man and some unattainable ideal.