Quote by: Katherine Anne Porter

They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the look of gaunt suffering spirituality that a life of asceticism was supposed to give and quite often did not.


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Author Bio


  • NameKatherine Anne Porter
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist
  • BornMay 15, 1890
  • DiedSeptember 18, 1980
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Novelist; Essayist; Writer
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; National Book Award