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“I’m always highly 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.”

“I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.”

“I think it is safe to say that while the South is hardly Christ-centered it is most certainly Christ-haunted.”

Classic quotes like these speckle this collection of O’Connor’s collected essays and lectures like green and gold on a peacock.