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Flannery OConnor Quotes

At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers, and at its worst, an age that has domesticated despair and learned to live with it happily Picture Quote #1

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I’m afraid it will not be controversial Picture Quote #1

I don’t deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it Picture Quote #1

I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one Picture Quote #1

I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else’s. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that there’s no truth Picture Quote #1

It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have Picture Quote #1

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The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence Picture Quote #1

The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live Picture Quote #1

The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location Picture Quote #1

The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention Picture Quote #1

There’s many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher Picture Quote #1

To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness Picture Quote #1

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When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God’s business Picture Quote #1

Everywhere I go, I’m asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher Picture Quote #1

Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers Picture Quote #1

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I’m always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system Picture Quote #1

The black sky was underpinned with long silver streaks that looked like scaffolding and depth on depth behind it were thousands of stars that all seemed to be moving very slowly as if they were about some vast construction work that involved the whole universe and would take all time to complete. No one was paying attention to the sky Picture Quote #1

I come from a family where the only emotion respectable to show is irritation. In some this tendency produces hives, in others literature, in me both Picture Quote #1

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In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once she was a lady Picture Quote #1

The novel is an art form and when you use it for anything other than art, you pervert it Picture Quote #1

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At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers, and at its worst, an age that has domesticated despair and learned to live with it happily (Flannery OConnor Quotes) I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I’m afraid it will not be controversial (Flannery OConnor Quotes) I don’t deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it (Flannery OConnor Quotes) I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one (Flannery OConnor Quotes) I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else’s. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that there’s no truth (Flannery OConnor Quotes) It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have (Flannery OConnor Quotes) The Southerner is usually tolerant of those weaknesses that proceed from innocence (Flannery OConnor Quotes) The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live (Flannery OConnor Quotes) The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location (Flannery OConnor Quotes) The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention (Flannery OConnor Quotes) There’s many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher (Flannery OConnor Quotes) To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness (Flannery OConnor Quotes) When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God’s business (Flannery OConnor Quotes) Everywhere I go, I’m asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher (Flannery OConnor Quotes) Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers (Flannery OConnor Quotes) Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I’m always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system (Flannery OConnor Quotes) The black sky was underpinned with long silver streaks that looked like scaffolding and depth on depth behind it were thousands of stars that all seemed to be moving very slowly as if they were about some vast construction work that involved the whole universe and would take all time to complete. No one was paying attention to the sky (Flannery OConnor Quotes) I come from a family where the only emotion respectable to show is irritation. In some this tendency produces hives, in others literature, in me both (Flannery OConnor Quotes) In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once she was a lady (Flannery OConnor Quotes) The novel is an art form and when you use it for anything other than art, you pervert it (Flannery OConnor Quotes)

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