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“Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.”
― Flannery O'Connor

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“Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

tags: art, craft, fiction, reading, writing

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“Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood

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“I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.”
― Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

tags: humor, wit

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“There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the presence of a gift. It is the nature of fiction not to be good for much unless it is good in itself.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

tags: art, fiction, on-fiction, talent, value, vocation, writing

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