She wished to sit down quietly and wait for her death, but … - Katherine Anne Porter

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She wished to sit down quietly and wait for her death, but not until she had cut the throats of her man and that girl who were laughing and kissing under the cornstalks.

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Katherine Anne Porter (15 May 1890 – 18 September 1980) was a celebrated American journalist, essayist, short story writer and novelist.

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Alternative Names: Callie Russell Porter

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