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Flannery O'Connor quotes

American Author March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964

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Flannery O'Connor quote: "Her name was Maude and she drank whisky all day from a fruit..."
Her name was Maude and she drank whisky all day from a fruit jar under the counter. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "I can smell the sin on your breath."
I can smell the sin on your breath. Flannery O'Connor
The novel is a more diffused form and more suited to those who like to linger along the way; it also requires a more massive energy. Flannery O'Connor
Those who have no absolute values cannot let the relative remain merely relative; they are always raising it to the level of the absolute. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better."
Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better. Flannery O'Connor
A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical..."
Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe. Flannery O'Connor
[To] know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . . Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "Conviction without experience makes for harshness."
Conviction without experience makes for harshness. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "For the fiction writer himself the whole story is the meaning,..."
For the fiction writer himself the whole story is the meaning, because it is an experience, not an abstraction. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that..."
The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence. Flannery O'Connor
A perception is not a story, and no amount of sensitivity can make a story-writer out of you if you just plain don’t have a gift for telling a story. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "Jesus thrown everything off balance."
Jesus thrown everything off balance. Flannery O'Connor
Symbols are something [the writer] uses simply as a matter of course. You might say that theses are details that, while having their essential place in the literal level of the story, operate in depth as well as on the surface, increasing the story in every direction? the truer the symbol, the deeper it leads you, the more meaning it opens up Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "Most of us come to the church by a means the church does not..."
Most of us come to the church by a means the church does not allow. Flannery O'Connor

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