WHEN IN ROME, DO AS YOU DONE IN MILLEDGEVILLE

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” 
― Flannery O'Connor

i bought this etsy print for myself for christmas.  i put it in a frame & hung it near my bed so that when my eyes open in the morning first thing i see is mary flannery o'connor.  i say now what would mary flannery do with all this?

“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

“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.” 

― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.” 
― Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood 

“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

“Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.” 
― Flannery O'Connor


“All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.” 
― Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor


“The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.” 
― Flannery O'Connor


“If you don't hunt it down and kill it, it will hunt you down and kill you.” 
― Flannery O'Connor


“I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.” 
― Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor