“If AP English via Miss Sweeney had taught Flannery anything, it was that life was brimming with various traumas and tragedies—the great novels didn’t lie—and that there was no need to court sorrow by writing Goth poetry in a black… — Mary O'Connell Copy Share Image
“So maybe my own life is not so drastic and dreadful...maybe I am just like all those other girls who have come before me… — Mary O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Love was the map, and I would have to draw it myself; I would be the most repentant cartographer, verve and passion making up… — Mary O'Connell Copy Share Image
“I stared up at the sky with zero curiosity about the Kingdom of Heaven because the physical world was plenty.” — Mary O'Connell Copy Share Image
“If AP English via Miss Sweeney had taught Flannery anything, it was that life was brimming with various traumas and tragedies—the great novels didn’t… — Mary O'Connell Copy Share Image
