In a sense sickness is a place, more instructive than a long trip to E…

Flannery O'Connor
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In a sense sickness is a place, more instructive than a long trip to Europe, and it's always a place where there's no company, where nobody can follow. Sickness before death is a very appropriate thing and I think those who don't have it miss one of God's mercies. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1988). The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor, p.163, Macmillan
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