"At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers, and at its worst, an age that has domesticated despair and learned to live with it happily."
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Quotes by Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor, born on March 25, 1925, in Savannah, Georgia, emerged as one of America's most influential Southern Gothic writers. Best known for her sharp wit and keen insights into human nature, her stories often explore themes of morality and redemption through eccentric characters. Despite her battle with lupus, which claimed her life at just 39, O'Connor's legacy endures through her powerful short stories and novels, including "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" and "Wise Blood," which continue to captivate readers with their profound theological undercurrents.
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"When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business."
Flannery O'Connor