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Flannery O'Connor

“St. Cyril of Jerusalem, in instructing catechumens, wrote: “The dragon sits by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the Father of Souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.” No matter what form the dragon may take, it is of this mysterious passage past him, or into his jaws, that stories of any depth will always be concerned to tell, and this being the case, it requires considerable courage at any time, in any country, not to turn away from the storyteller.”

Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
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Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose (FSG Classics) Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O'Connor
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