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One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.
Katherine Anne Porter
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Katherine Anne Porter
Age: 90 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 15
Died: 1980
Died: September 18
Essayist
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Indian Creek
Texas
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Mexican writer and diplomat, Pasado en claro (A Draft of Shadows) You learn something the day you die. You learn how to die.
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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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Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.
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