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Michael Self

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Michael’s Quotes

“The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.”
― Flannery O'Connor

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“I write to discover what I know.”
― Flannery O'Connor

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“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works

tags: truth

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“Anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

tags: grotesque, southern-writing

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“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles 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 O'Connor

tags: criticism, humor, writing

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