The fact is that anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days. If you can't make something out of a little experience, you probably won't be able to make it out of a lot.
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...free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man. Freedom cannot be conceived simply.
Flannery O'ConnorWhen I was six I had a chicken that walked backward and was in the Pathe News. I was in it too with the chicken. I was just there to assist the chicken but it was the high point in my life. Everything since has been anticlimax.
Flannery O'Connor