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Katherine Anne Porter Quotes: I think I've only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing. The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water.
         

I think I've only spent about ten percent of my energies on writing. The other ninety percent went to keeping my head above water.


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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.



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



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