Quote of the day
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
Katherine Anne Porter
Born: May 15, 1890
Died: September 18, 1980 (aged 90)
Bio: Katherine Anne Porter was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist.
Known for:
- Ship of Fools (1962)
- Pale Horse, Pale Rider (1939)
- Noon Wine
- The Leaning Tower: And Other Stories (1944)
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