Flannery O'Connor's Quotes

The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.

Flannery O'Connor

Conviction without experience makes for harshness.

Flannery O'Connor

There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

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The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

Flannery O'Connor

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.

Flannery O'Connor

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

Flannery O'Connor

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

Flannery O'Connor