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Could she fall so low? No, there were limits, and she believed she still knew where some of them were.

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Katherine Anne Porter
Age: 90 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 15
Died: 1980
Died: September 18
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Indian Creek
Texas
Believed
Lows
Limits
Knew
Fall
Stills
Still

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