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Mississippi Quote of the Day: Eudora Welty on Living a "Sheltered Life"
Jackson native Eudora Welty won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, “The Optimist’s Daughter,” in 1973 and the National Book Award for “The Collected Works of Eudora Welty.” One of the country’s most celebrated fiction writers, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980.
“I am a writer who came from a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.” – Eudora Welty, “One Writer’s Beginnings”