More quotes by Flannery O'Connor

"The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.”(August 9, 1955)"
"Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better."
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them."
"She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity."
"The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode."