“Listen here, Mr. Shiftlet," she said, sliding forward in her chair, "you'd be getting a permanent house and a deep well and… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I don’t want any of this artificial superficial feeling stimulated by the choir. Today I have proved myself a glutton—for Scotch oatmeal… — Flannery O'Connor Artificial Copy Share Image
“The road looked as if no one had traveled on it in months. "It's not much farther," the grandmother said and just… — Flannery O'Connor Old lady Copy Share Image
The grandmother didn't want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee and she was… — Flannery O'Connor Boys Copy Share Image
Her name was Maude and she drank whisky all day from a fruit jar under the counter. — Flannery O'Connor Drank Copy Share Image
He and the girl had almost nothing to say to each other. One thing he did say was, 'I ain't got any… — Flannery O'Connor Girl Copy Share Image
So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence. — Flannery O'Connor Competence Copy Share Image
I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside. — Flannery O'Connor God Copy Share Image
In my travels I am often asked if college stifles young writers. In my opinion, it doesn't stifle them enough. — Flannery O'Connor College Copy Share Image
“Our spiritual character is formed as much by what we endure and what is taken from us as it is by our… — Flannery O'Connor Religion Copy Share Image
... Simone Weil is a mystery that should keep us all humble, and I need it more than most. Also she's the… — Flannery O'Connor Able Copy Share Image
“I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe. I know… — Flannery O'Connor Faith Copy Share Image
St. Cyril of Jerusalem, in instructing catechumens, wrote: “The dragon sits by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware… — Flannery O'Connor Cases Copy Share Image
I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's. But behind all of them there is only one… — Flannery O'Connor All kinds Copy Share Image
The fiction of Ayn Rand is as low as you can get re fiction. I hope you picked it up off the… — Flannery O'Connor Fiction Copy Share Image
“Two people can remain "in love"-- a phrase made practically useless by stinking romanticism--only if their common desire for each other unites… — Flannery O'Connor Love Copy Share Image
“Week before last I went to Wesleyan and read “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” After it I went to one… — Flannery O'Connor Books Copy Share Image
“The meaning of a story should go on expanding for the reader the more he thinks about it, but meaning cannot be… — Flannery O'Connor Books Copy Share Image
“I have tried imagining that the single peacock I see before me is the only one I have, but then one comes… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“The girl had taken the Ph.D. in philosophy and this left Mrs. Hopewell at a complete loss. You could say, “My daughter… — Flannery O'Connor Children Copy Share Image
“I hope you understand that it is not the tooth of the saber-toothed tiger I want, it is the tiger . I… — Flannery O'Connor Humor Copy Share Image
In the first place you can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it… — Flannery O'Connor Cautious Copy Share Image
Knowing who you are is good for one generation only. You haven't the foggiest idea where you stand now or who you… — Flannery O'Connor Generations Copy Share Image
