1956 Quote by Flannery O'Connor

“I smiled back at her. I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want…

— Anne Lamott

“What would God think of her, sitting in this chapel, pretending to be holy? He knew the truth. He knew she was no friend…

— Regina Jennings

“I frowned. “I need her more than Jesus does.”

— Jamie McGuire

“...and wondered if we in the church are missing it.”

— Francis Chan

“Theo looked at me with his smoldering Jesus eyes, and the Catholic schoolgirl in me crossed her legs.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Christian looked at her fondly. When she was happy, so was he.”

— Jean Ferris

“...entered the library, and could do nothing but stare in wonder...She wondered if she should curtsy as if she were entering a chapel.”

— Shannon Hale

“I glared at Christian as the blood smeared around. “You could have at least licked it.” He smirked darkly. “I hear that all too…

— Dannika Dark

“She'd never been religious. She hadn't allowed grief to send her crawling to the church.”

— Michael Cunningham

“Mary was still thinking in terms of a dead body when Jesus confronted her with His living presence.”

— James Montgomery Boice

“It's bold, rash, and embarrassing, Martha talking to God this way. But her honesty paved the way for Jesus to speak to her.”

— Emily P. Freeman

“You feel bad about yelling in a graveyard after you just tried to have sex with me in a church?”

— Liliana Hart