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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

It is such a relief to be told the truth.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Because I've been on the receiving end of infidelity, I know how much it hurts.

Because I've been on the receiving end of infidelity, I know how much it hurts.

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....

There are all kinds of ways for a relationship to be tested, even broken, some,...

There are all kinds of ways for a relationship to be tested, even broken, some,...