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Flannery O'Connor quotes about work

American Author March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964

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The black sky was underpinned with long silver streaks that looked like scaffolding and depth on depth behind it were thousands of stars that all seemed to be moving very slowly as if they were about some vast construction work that involved the whole universe and would take all time to complete. No one was paying attention to the sky. Flannery O'Connor
The straightforward manner is seldom equal to the complications of the good subject. There may never be anything new to say, but there is always a new way to say it, and since, in art, the way of saying a thing becomes a part of what is said, every work of art is unique and requires fresh attention. Flannery O'Connor
Harcourt sent my book to Evelyn Waugh and his comment was: “If this is really the unaided work of a young lady, it is a remarkable product.” My mother was vastly insulted. She put the emphasis on if and lady. Does he suppose you’re not a lady? she says. Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor quote: "A working knowledge of the devil can be very well had from..."
A working knowledge of the devil can be very well had from resisting him. Flannery O'Connor
There are some of us who have to pay for our faith every step of the way and who have to work out dramatically what it would be like without it and if being without it would be ultimately possible or not. Flannery O'Connor
As was usual with him, he began with the least important thing and worked around and in toward the center where the meaning was. Flannery O'Connor

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