Home / Quotes / Quote by Katherine Anne Porter

Quote by Katherine Anne Porter

“I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all prepared before that.”

Quote by Katherine Anne Porter

Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings

Work

Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings

Katherine Anne Porter: Collected Stories & Other Writings is a comprehensive compilation of the works of a celebrated American author. The collection includes a diverse array of short stories that delve into the complexities of human nature, societal issues, and personal struggles. Porter's prose is characterized by its rich language and intricate character development, offering readers a profound exploration of the human condition. more

Author

Katherine Anne Porter

American journalist, novelist, and essayist, known for her profound psychological portraits and unique narrative style. Porter, born in Texas, often explored the relationship between individuals and society, as well as themes of morality and religion in her works. Her notable works include 'The Ship of Fools' and 'The Gate of Heaven'. more

You May Also Like

“I discovered in writing the biography of Bill Clinton that it is actually easier to write a biography of someone who is dead. Although you can't interview them, you have a fuller perspective on their whole life after they're gone and people are more willing to talk about them.”

People Writing Whole Gone Willing Perspective Easier Bills Clinton Whole Life Interviews Biographies

Author:David Maraniss

“A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the flowers, the few flowers, which brought sweetness into a life, and present it as an offering to an accomplished destiny. It is the dying refrain of a completed song, the final verse of a finished poem.”

Should Feelings Song Behinds Destiny Dying Flower Drama Finals Finished Bunch Accomplished Offering Serenity Verses Biographies Sweetness Refrain

Author:Andre Maurois

“Biography is the only true history.”

Life Biographies My Biography

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition.”

People Believe Order Ideology Opposition Destructive Aggression

Author:Margaret J. Wheatley

“Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.”

Reality Action Used Decision Common Influence Behavior Organization Invisible Mediums Aggression

Author:Margaret J. Wheatley

“Aggression only moves in one direction - it creates more aggression.”

Moving Aggression One Direction

Author:Margaret J. Wheatley

“Female ambition is such a complicated thing to play because it is an aggressive quality, and people respond very badly to women exhibiting any kind of aggression.”

People Kind Play Quality Ambition Female Complicated Aggressive Aggression Complicated Things

Author:Romola Garai

“I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.”

Thinking Enough Talent Aggression Shortage

Author:Jurgen Klinsmann

“In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us.”

Ifs Needs Mean Problem Together Culture Serious Resolve Aggression

Author:Margaret J. Wheatley

“Men are not gentle, friendly creatures wishing for love, who simply defend themselves if they are attacked, but ... a powerful measure of desire for aggression had to be reckoned as part of their instinctual endowment.”

Ifs Men Desire Wish Powerful Creatures Gentle Friendly Aggression Endowment

Book:Civilization and Its Discontents

Source: Civilization and Its Discontents