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Flannery O'Connor6 quotes
Routine is a condition of survival. — Flannery O'Connor · 1962While the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted. — Flannery O'Connor · 1960Knowing who you are is good for one generation only. — Flannery O'Connor · 1961When 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 · 1959I 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 · 1952The 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 · 1956Leonard Matlovich1 quote
A gay Vietnam veteran... They gave me a medal for killing two men-and a discharge for loving one. — Leonard Matlovich · 1988Mary Schmich1 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 · 1997