11 May 2019

amour fou

French noun phrase

\ ä-ˈmu̇r-ˈfü \

: mad love : obsessive passion

Example

He expressed his amour fou for her through hundreds of love letters.

Today’s quote

To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.

― Ella Wheeler Wilcox

On this day

11 May – World Keffiyeh Day, in solidarity with Palestine.

11 May 1904 – birth of Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist painter. Died 23 January 1989.

11 May 1981 – death of Bob Marley, Jamaican reggae singer and musician. Born 6 February 1945.

11 May 1985 – death of Chester Gould, American creator of the cartoon strip, ‘Dick Tracy’. He drew the comic strip from 1931 to 1977. Born 20 November 1900.