Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not…

Flannery O'Connor
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Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.
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There is a question whether faith can or is supposed to be emotionally satisfying. I must say that the thought of everyone lolling about in an emotionally satisfying faith is repugnant to me. I belie … ▶
The old woman was the kind who would not cut down a large old tree because it was a large old tree. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1971). The Complete Stories, p.520, Macmillan
Tennessee's a hillbilly dumping ground, and Georgia's a lousy state too.
The reviewer always has hold of the wrong horror. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1988). The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor, p.90, Macmillan
To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.

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