I'm a member and preacher to that church where the blind don't see and…

Flannery O'Connor
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I'm a member and preacher to that church where the blind don't see and the lame don't walk and what's dead stays that way. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1983). Three by Flannery O'Connor: Wise blood, The violent bear it away, Everything that rises must converge, Signet Classics
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