More quotes by Flannery O'Connor

"Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better."
"Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn't try to write fiction. It's not a grand enough job for you."
"I think it is safe to say that while the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted."
"The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.”(August 9, 1955)"
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."