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. . . all that she had had, and all that she had missed, were lost together, and were twice lost in this landslide of remembered losses.
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
Loss
Lost
Landslide
Together
Landslides
Losses
Missed
Twice
Remembered
Disaster
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Perhaps the habit which distinguishes civilized people from others is that of discussion, exchange of opinion and ideas, the ability to differ without quarrelling, to say what you have to say civilly and then to listen civilly to another speaker.
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I specialize in what the French call la petite histoire. I am interested in the individual thumbprint.
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I want to live in a world capital or the howling wilderness.
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I've been called a stylist until I really could tear my hair out. And I simply don't believe in style. The style is you.
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It is such a relief to be told the truth.
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In the arts, you simply cannot secure your bread and your freedom of action too. You cannot be a hostile critic of society and expect society to feed you regularly.
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