I know that the writer does call up the general and maybe the essential through the particular, but this general and essential is still deeply embedded in mystery. It is not answerable to any of our formulas.
Flannery O'ConnorThe mind serves best when it's anchored in the Word of God. There is no danger then of becoming an intellectual without integrity.
Flannery O'ConnorDogma is the guardian of mystery. The doctrines are spiritually significant in ways that we cannot fathom.
Flannery O'ConnorA story is a way to say something that canโt be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.
Flannery O'Connor