I have almost no capacity for worship. What I have is the knowledge that it is my duty to worship and worship only what I believe to be true.โ May 19, 1962
Flannery O'Connor... Simone Weil is a mystery that should keep us all humble, and I need it more than most. Also she's the example of the religious consciousness without a religion which maybe sooner or later I will be able to write about.
Flannery O'ConnorYou will have found Christ when you are concerned with other peopleโs sufferings and not your own.
Flannery O'ConnorThere is a certain embarrassment about being a storyteller in these times when stories are considered not quite as satisfying as statements and statements not quite as satisfying as statistics; but in the long run, a people is known, not by its statements or its statistics, but by the stories it tells.
Flannery O'Connor