Afterlife Quote by Flannery O'Connor

“... the man in the violent situation reveals those qualities least dispensable in his personality, those qualities which are all he will have to take into eternity with him.” quote by Flannery O'Connor — Download Open image

“... the man in the violent situation reveals those qualities least dispensable in his personality, those qualities which are all he will have to take into eternity with him.”

Flannery O'Connor

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