Wise Blood

by Flannery O'Connor

Does one’s integrity ever lie in what he is not able to do? I think that usually it does, for free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man. Freedom cannot be conceived simply.

but as was usual with him, he began with the least important thing and worked around and in toward the center where the meaning was.

If Haze had believed in praying, he would have prayed for a disciple, but as it was all he could do was worry about it a lot.

To his mind, an opportunity to insult a successful ape came from the hand of Providence.

Who better to lead the blind than the blind, who knew what it was like?