“Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themeselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them.”

—  Katherine Anne Porter , book Ship of Fools

Ship of Fools (1962) Pt. 3

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American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist… 1890–1980

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