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Katherine Anne Porter Quotes: Death cancels our engagements, but it does not affect the consequences of our acts in life.
         

Death cancels our engagements, but it does not affect the consequences of our acts in life.


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The past is never where you think you left it.

The past is never where you think you left it.



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

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



You waste life when you waste good food.

You waste life when you waste good food.



You shouldn't side-step suffering if you have to go through it to get where you're going.

You shouldn't side-step suffering if you have to go through it to get where you're going.



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.

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.



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.

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 "Death cancels our engagements, but it does not affect the consequences of our acts in life.". Author of this quote is Katherine Anne Porter. This quote is about engagement, life, consequence, doe, death,.