Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not. Flannery O'Connor faithtrue Change image and share on social
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. Flannery O'Connor belongbookbusiness Change image and share on social
There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. Flannery O'Connor bestsellergoodprevent Change image and share on social
Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers. Flannery O'Connor badconditionconscious share on social
I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it. Flannery O'Connor cheekcreditdeserve Change image and share on social
I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one. Flannery O'Connor findpeoplesit Change image and share on social
At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers, and at its worst, an age that has domesticated despair and learned to live with it happily. Flannery O'Connor agebaddespair Change image and share on social
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. Flannery O'Connor attachmentconcernfiction Change image and share on social
The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live. Flannery O'Connor chooselivemake Change image and share on social
The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location. Flannery O'Connor crossroadeternityfind Change image and share on social
