... the man in the violent situation reveals those qualities least dispensable in his personality, those qualities which are all he will have to take into eternity with him.
Flannery O'ConnorI don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.
Flannery O'ConnorThe writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
Flannery O'ConnorElizabeth Hardwick told me once that all her first drafts sounded as if a chicken had written them. So do mine for the most part.
Flannery O'Connor