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Defeat in this world is no disgrace and that is what they cannot understand. If you really fought well and fought for the right thing.

Katherine Anne Porter

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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
World
Failure
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Cannot
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Disgrace
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Fought
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Defeat

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