Pascale Hall

“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“Our spiritual character is formed as much by what we endure and what is taken from us as it is by our achievements and our conscious choices.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Flannery O'Connor: Spiritual Writings

“The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love.”
― Henry Miller

“To know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .”
― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose