522 Quotes by Flannery O'Connor

He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her love for him. There were times when it became nothing but pure idiot mystery...

Either practice restraint or be prepared for crowding

She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.

There won't be any biographies of me because, for only one reason, lives spent between the house and the chicken yard do not make exciting copy.

I am interested in making up a good case for distortion, as I am coming to believe it is the only way to make people see.

I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.

Nobody with a good car needs to be justified.

...you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.

Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it