The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that d…

Flannery O'Connor
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The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention. ✨ Flannery O'Connor (1969). Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose, p.84, Macmillan
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