The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

–Flannery O’Connor

I should read some Flannery O’Connor; she’s full of great quotes. Here’s some mor good ones:

Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
Flannery O’Connor

Everywhere I go, I’m asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
Flannery O’Connor

On the Eucharist: “Well, if it’s a symbol, to hell with it.”

“She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick” – describing one of her characters