“I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.”
― The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
― The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
“You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.”
― Brighton Rock
― Brighton Rock
“I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.”
― The End of the Affair
― The End of the Affair
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
― Essays of Three Decades
― Essays of Three Decades
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