Katherine Anne Porter Quotes - Page 6

Quotes about:

• [On Gertrude Stein's Making of Americans:] I doubt if all the people who should read it will read it for a great while yet, for it is in such a limited edition, and reading it is anyhow a sort of permanent occupation.

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Reading, People, Doubt

  Katherine Anne Porter (2008). “Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings”, p.663, Library of America

  5 Copy quote

• No man can be explained by his personal history, least of all a poet.

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Men, Personal History, Poet

  Katherine Anne Porter (2008). “Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings”, p.781, Library of America

  12 Copy quote

• With the most infinite tenderness I have ever known in my life, he put his arms around me, gently, gently, and I embraced him around the neck, and we touched.

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Arms, Necks, Infinite

  5 Copy quote

• There are only a few bits of absolute knowledge in the world, people can learn only one or two fundamental facts about each other, the rest is decoration and prejudice.

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Knowledge, Two, People

  Katherine Anne Porter (2008). “Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings”, p.667, Library of America

  4 Copy quote

Page 6 of 6

First

← Prev

1

2

3

4

5

6

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin