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With the most infinite tenderness I have ever known in my life, he put his arms around me, gently, gently, and I embraced him around the neck, and we touched.
Katherine Anne Porter
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Katherine Anne Porter
Age: 90 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 15
Died: 1980
Died: September 18
Essayist
Journalist
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Screenwriter
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Indian Creek
Texas
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A cultivated style would be like a mask. Everybody knows it's a mask, and sooner or later you must show yourself -- or at least, you show yourself as someone who could not afford to show himself, and so created something to hide behind. You do not create a style. You work, and develop yourself your style is an emanation from your own being.
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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.
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I want to live in a world capital or the howling wilderness.
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It is such a relief to be told the truth.
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Evil is dull, that is the worst of it.
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I can pray better when I'm comfortable.
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