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Flannery O'Connor quotes

American Author March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964

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Flannery O'Connor quote: "I think it is safe to say that while the South is hardly..."
I think it is safe to say that while the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "You have to quit confusing a madness with a mission."
You have to quit confusing a madness with a mission. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "The grandmother decided that she would not mention that the..."
The grandmother decided that she would not mention that the house was in Tennessee. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "What is needed is the vision to go with it, and you do not get..."
What is needed is the vision to go with it, and you do not get this from a writing class. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "The trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest..."
The trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled. Flannery O'Connor
Mrs. Hopewell had no bad qualities of her own but she was able to use other people's in such a constructive way that she never felt the lack. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a..."
She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick. Flannery O'Connor
She would have to be a saint because that was the occupation that included everything you could know; and yet she knew she would never be a saint.... but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick. Flannery O'Connor
The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.” (August 9, 1955) Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "Yet she could see by their shocked and altered faces that even..."
Yet she could see by their shocked and altered faces that even their virtues were being burned away. Flannery O'Connor
Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "I'm a member and preacher to that church where the blind don't..."
I'm a member and preacher to that church where the blind don't see and the lame don't walk and what's dead stays that way. Flannery O'Connor
He groaned to see that she was off on that topic. She rolled into it every few days like a train on an open track. He knew every stop, every junction, every swamp along the way, and knew the exact point at which her conclusion would roll majestically into the station Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot..."
The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "I write to discover what I know."
I write to discover what I know. Flannery O'Connor

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