Flannery O'Connor Quotes

American - Author | March 25, 1925 - August 3, 1964

To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.

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There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

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Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.

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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.

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It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have.

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All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.

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The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

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I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

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I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.

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When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business.

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The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.

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I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.

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