October is a fine and dangerous season in America. . . . a wonderful time to begin anything at all. You go to college, and every course in the catalogue looks wonderful.
Source: Recalled on his death 10 Dec 68
-- Thomas Merton, (Jan 31 1915-1968), French monk, poet; He was a prolific Roman Catholic writer on spiritual and social themes, one of the most important American Roman Catholic writers of the 20th century.