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Advice1 quote
Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now...But trust me on the sunscreen. — Mary Schmich · 1997American South1 quote
While the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted. — Flannery O'Connor · 1960Death1 quote
When the grim reaper comes to get me, he'll have to give me a few extra hours to revise my last words. — Flannery O'Connor · 1959Editing1 quote
When the grim reaper comes to get me, he'll have to give me a few extra hours to revise my last words. — Flannery O'Connor · 1959Gay rights1 quote
A gay Vietnam veteran... They gave me a medal for killing two men-and a discharge for loving one. — Leonard Matlovich · 1988Grim Reaper1 quote
When the grim reaper comes to get me, he'll have to give me a few extra hours to revise my last words. — Flannery O'Connor · 1959Habits1 quote
Routine is a condition of survival. — Flannery O'Connor · 1962Last Words1 quote
When the grim reaper comes to get me, he'll have to give me a few extra hours to revise my last words. — Flannery O'Connor · 1959Nature of truth1 quote
I preach that there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's, but behind all of them there's only one truth and that is that there's no truth. — Flannery O'Connor · 1952Novels1 quote
The novel is an art form and when you use it for anything other than art, you pervert it... If you do manage to use it successfully for social, religious, or other purposes, it is because you make it art first. — Flannery O'Connor · 1956Routine1 quote
Routine is a condition of survival. — Flannery O'Connor · 1962Self-knowledge1 quote
Knowing who you are is good for one generation only. — Flannery O'Connor · 1961The military1 quote
A gay Vietnam veteran... They gave me a medal for killing two men-and a discharge for loving one. — Leonard Matlovich · 1988Truth1 quote
I preach that there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's, but behind all of them there's only one truth and that is that there's no truth. — Flannery O'Connor · 1952Writing1 quote
When the grim reaper comes to get me, he'll have to give me a few extra hours to revise my last words. — Flannery O'Connor · 1959