All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and…

Flannery O'Connor
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All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1988). The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor, p.307, Macmillan
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