I will never again attempt to tell any young person what to do - the really gifted don't … - Katherine Anne Porter

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But the place which you have selected for your camp, though never so rough and grim, begins at once to have its attractions, and becomes a very centre of civilization to you: "Home is home, be it never so homely. "

Katherine Anne Porter

I will never again attempt to tell any young person what to do - the really gifted don't need advice and the others can't take it.

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