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Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I specialize in what the French call la petite histoire. I am interested in the individual thumbprint. I specialize in what the French call la petite histoire. I am interested in the individual thumbprint.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Death is loneliness in its purest form ... Death is loneliness in its purest form ...
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: No man can be explained by his personal history, least of all a poet. No man can be explained by his personal history, least of all a poet.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I think I've only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing. The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water. I think I've only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing. The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Could she fall so low? No, there were limits, and she believed she still knew where some of them were. Could she fall so low? No, there were limits, and she believed she still knew where some of them were.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I can pray better when I'm comfortable, I can pray better when I'm comfortable,
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Each generation must get on the same old merry-go-round, only disguised in a fresh coat of paint. Each generation must get on the same old merry-go-round, only disguised in a fresh coat of paint.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you. Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Words can never get at the truth. Words can never get at the truth.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Trust your happiness and the richness of your life at this moment. It is as true and as much yours as anything else that ever happened to you. Trust your happiness and the richness of your life at this moment. It is as true and as much yours as anything else that ever happened to you.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I do not understand the world, but I watch it's progress. I do not understand the world, but I watch it's progress.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I will never again attempt to tell any young person what to do - the really gifted don't need advice and the others can't take it. I will never again attempt to tell any young person what to do - the really gifted don't need advice and the others can't take it.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I've been called a stylist until I really could tear my hair out. And I simply don't believe in style. The style is you. I've been called a stylist until I really could tear my hair out. And I simply don't believe in style. The style is you.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Shut your eyes," said Miss Tanner."Oh no," said Miranda, "for then I see worse things ... Shut your eyes," said Miss Tanner.
"Oh no," said Miranda, "for then I see worse things ...
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: It's a man's world, and you men can have it. It's a man's world, and you men can have it.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Life is a game of piquet played in a bramble bush in very bad weather ... Life is a game of piquet played in a bramble bush in very bad weather ...
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Evil is dull, that is the worst of it ... Evil is dull, that is the worst of it ...
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I'm not afraid of life and I'm not afraid of death: Dying's the bore. I'm not afraid of life and I'm not afraid of death: Dying's the bore.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: [From Old Mortality]The woman in the picture ... was only a ghost in a frame, and a sad, pretty story from old times. [From Old Mortality]
The woman in the picture ... was only a ghost in a frame, and a sad, pretty story from old times.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: God does not know whether a skin is black or white, He sees only souls. God does not know whether a skin is black or white, He sees only souls.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: You waste life when you waste good food. You waste life when you waste good food.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Death cancels our engagements, but it does not affect the consequences of our acts in life. Death cancels our engagements, but it does not affect the consequences of our acts in life.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Defeat in this world is no disgrace if you fought well and fought for the right thing. Defeat in this world is no disgrace if you fought well and fought for the right thing.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: A novel is really like a symphony where instrument after instrument has to come in at its own time, and no other. A novel is really like a symphony where instrument after instrument has to come in at its own time, and no other.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Death always leaves one singer to mourn. Death always leaves one singer to mourn.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Two-thirds of my energies go in trying to save one-third for work. Two-thirds of my energies go in trying to save one-third for work.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: What we need now is endless courage. What we need now is endless courage.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Who wants to read about success? It is the early struggle which makes a good story. Who wants to read about success? It is the early struggle which makes a good story.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: We know that the Furies do not come uninvited. We know that the Furies do not come uninvited.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: The boys ate warily, trying not to be seen or heard, the cornbread sticking, the buttermilk gurgling, as it went down their gullets. The boys ate warily, trying not to be seen or heard, the cornbread sticking, the buttermilk gurgling, as it went down their gullets.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I always write a story in one sitting. I always write a story in one sitting.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: All that she had had, and all that she had missed, were lost together, and were twice lost in this landslide of remembered losses. All that she had had, and all that she had missed, were lost together, and were twice lost in this landslide of remembered losses.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: First impressions are often signals from the deep that we should credit oftener than we do ... First impressions are often signals from the deep that we should credit oftener than we do ...
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Religion put claws on Aunt Sally and gave her a post to whet them on. Religion put claws on Aunt Sally and gave her a post to whet them on.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I want to live in a world capital or the howling wilderness, I want to live in a world capital or the howling wilderness,
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: The nose is surely one of the most impressionable, if not positively erotic, of all our unruly members. The nose is surely one of the most impressionable, if not positively erotic, of all our unruly members.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them. Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: The thought of him was a smoky cloud from hell that moved and crept in her head. The thought of him was a smoky cloud from hell that moved and crept in her head.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I get so tired of moral bookkeeping. I get so tired of moral bookkeeping.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Your mind outwears all sorts of things you may set your heart upon; you can enjoy it when all other things are taken away. Your mind outwears all sorts of things you may set your heart upon; you can enjoy it when all other things are taken away.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: We pity people too often for the wrong reasons. We pity people too often for the wrong reasons.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Be respectful of words. They mean something. Be respectful of words. They mean something.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined. Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it. One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: [From Pale Horse, Pale Rider]The road to death is a long march beset with all evils. . . [From Pale Horse, Pale Rider]

The road to death is a long march beset with all evils. . .
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: The past is never where you think you left it. The past is never where you think you left it.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I work whenever I'm let. I work whenever I'm let.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Mexican writer and diplomat, "Pasado en claro" ("A Draft of Shadows") You learn something the day you die. You learn how to die. Mexican writer and diplomat, "Pasado en claro" ("A Draft of Shadows") You learn something the day you die. You learn how to die.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else. Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: A story is like something you wind out of yourself. Like a spider, it is a web you weave, and you love your story like a child. A story is like something you wind out of yourself. Like a spider, it is a web you weave, and you love your story like a child.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing. I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Love must be learned and learned again; There is no end. Love must be learned and learned again; There is no end.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: What we need is endless courage. What we need is endless courage.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: [Marriage] is the merciless revealer, the great white searchlight turned on the darkest places of human nature. [Marriage] is the merciless revealer, the great white searchlight turned on the darkest places of human nature.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: But the great leveler, Death: not even the gods can defend a man, not even one they love, that day when fate takes hold and lays him out at last. But the great leveler, Death: not even the gods can defend a man, not even one they love, that day when fate takes hold and lays him out at last.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Love is purely a creation of the human imagination ... the most important example of how the imagination continually outruns the creature it inhabits. Love is purely a creation of the human imagination ... the most important example of how the imagination continually outruns the creature it inhabits.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Writing does not exclude the full life; it demands it. Writing does not exclude the full life; it demands it.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: The greatest art comes out of warmth and conviction and deep feeling, but then, very few people, even geniuses, have all that. The greatest art comes out of warmth and conviction and deep feeling, but then, very few people, even geniuses, have all that.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Childhood is the fiery furnace in which we are melted down to essentials and that essential shaped for good. Childhood is the fiery furnace in which we are melted down to essentials and that essential shaped for good.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: It is such a relief to be told the truth. It is such a relief to be told the truth.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Freedom is a dangerous intoxicant and very few people can tolerate it in any quantity. Freedom is a dangerous intoxicant and very few people can tolerate it in any quantity.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: There is no such thing as an exact synonym and no such thing as an unmixed motive. There is no such thing as an exact synonym and no such thing as an unmixed motive.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction. I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: We are born knowing death. We are born knowing death.
Katherine Anne Porter quotes: Don't sidestep suffering. You have to go through it to get where you're going. Don't sidestep suffering. You have to go through it to get where you're going.

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