“She had observed that the more education they got, the less they could do. Their father had gone to a one-room schoolhouse through the eighth grade and he could do anything.”
― Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
― Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
“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.”
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“He and the girl had almost nothing to say to each other. One thing he did say was, 'I ain't got any tattoo on my back.'
'What you got on it?' the girl said.
'My shirt,' Parker said. 'Haw.'
'Haw, haw,' the girl said politely.”
― The Complete Stories
'What you got on it?' the girl said.
'My shirt,' Parker said. 'Haw.'
'Haw, haw,' the girl said politely.”
― The Complete Stories
“A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.”
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“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.”
― Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works
― Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works
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