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.

Quote by Katherine Anne Porter

Topics: Life Quotes, Sin Quotes

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even...

The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even...

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

It's a man's world, and you men can have it.

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even...

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship...

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship...

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

Love must be learned, and learned again; there is no end to it.

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have...

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things...

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end...

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is...

Human life itself may be almost pure chaos, but the work of the artist is...

They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the...

They had both noticed that a life of dissipation sometimes gave to a face the...

Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.

Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself....

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself....

He left a bit too easily and with obvious relief. His feet were swift and...

He left a bit too easily and with obvious relief. His feet were swift and...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...