Quotation by

Katherine Anne Porter

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.

Beauty

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Katherine Anne Porter emphasizes that harming or neglecting beauty, especially the beauty within ourselves, is a serious wrongdoing because it is something we are meant to protect. She highlights that this responsibility for preserving beauty is a duty entrusted to us, making its care essential.

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