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“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.”

Flannery O'Connor · Experience

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Flannery O'Connor

When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business.

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To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.

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Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.

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I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that there's no truth.

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