In the first place you can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely w…

Flannery O'Connor
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In the first place you can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it is better to be a combination of cautious and polite ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1988). Collected Works, New York, NY : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press
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