Katherine Anne Porter
Birthdate: May 15, 1890
Birthplace: Indian Creek, Texas, USA
Date of Death: September 18, 1980
Occupation: Author and Journalist
Profile: Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for
The Collected Stories. Best known for
Ship of Fools.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter
Number of Quotes: 2
I'm not afraid of life and I'm not afraid of death: Dying's the bore.
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.