Flannery O'Connor
“Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it.”
“Grace changes us and the change is painful.”
“To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.”
“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you odd.”
“Push back against the age as hard as it pushes against you.”
“The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.”
“I write to discover what I know.”
“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”