“You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have the meanings and the overtones of language, and the implications, that appeal to the highest intelligence.”
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Porter, K. A. (n.d.). You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have the meanings and the overtones of language, and the implications, that appeal to the highest intelligence. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/25347-you-cant-write-about-people-out-of-textbooks/
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Porter, Katherine Anne. “You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have the meanings and the overtones of language, and the implications, that appeal to the highest intelligence.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/25347-you-cant-write-about-people-out-of-textbooks/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Porter, Katherine Anne. “You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have the meanings and the overtones of language, and the implications, that appeal to the highest intelligence.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/25347-you-cant-write-about-people-out-of-textbooks/.