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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.

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
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Indian Creek
Texas
Death
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Something
Draft
Mexican
Shadows
Shadow
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Dies
Learn
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Death cancels our engagements, but it does not affect the consequences of our acts in life.
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