“If AP English via Miss Sweeney had taught Flannery anything, it was that life was brimming with various traumas and tragedies—the great… — Mary O'Connell Copy Share Image
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Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
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