Flannery O'Connor - The Habit of Being

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Children know by instinct that hell is an absence of love, and they can pick out theirs without missing.

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If you're a Catholic you believe what the Church teaches and the climate makes no difference.

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I never understand how writers can succumb to vanity — what you work the hardest on is usually the worst.

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I certainly am glad you like the stories because now I feel it's not bad that I like them so much. The truth is I like them better than anybody and I read them over and over and laugh and laugh, then get embarrassed when I remember I was the one wrote them.

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I am very handy with my advice and then when anybody appears to be following it, I get frantic.

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I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it again.

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