Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never…

Flannery O'Connor
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Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it ✨ Flannery O'Connor (2015). Wise Blood, p.91, Faber & Faber
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She was a good Christian woman with a large respect for religion, though she did not, of course, believe any of it was true. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1971). The Complete Stories, p.316, Macmillan
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Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it ✨ Flannery O'Connor (2015). Wise Blood, p.91, Faber & Faber

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