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Katherine Anne Porter Quotes: All the old houses that I knew when I was a child were full of books, bought generation after generation by members of the family. Nobody told you to read this or not to read that.
         

All the old houses that I knew when I was a child were full of books, bought generation after generation by members of the family. Nobody told you to read this or not to read that.


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The past is never where you think you left it.

The past is never where you think you left it.



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Love must be learned and learned again; There is no end.



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Trust your happiness and the richness of your life at this moment. It is as true and as much yours as anything else that ever happened to you.



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The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.



What we need now is endless courage.

What we need now is endless courage.



Each generation must get on the same old merry-go-round, only disguised in a fresh coat of paint.

Each generation must get on the same old merry-go-round, only disguised in a fresh coat of paint.



I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.



I get so tired of moral bookkeeping.

I get so tired of moral bookkeeping.





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This page presents the quote "All the old houses that I knew when I was a child were full of books, bought generation after generation by members of the family. Nobody told you to read this or not to read that.". Author of this quote is Katherine Anne Porter. This quote is about family, old houses, members, house, children, book,.