I am no disbeliever in spiritual purpose and no vague believer. I see from the standpoint of Christian … - Flannery O'Connor

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In 1855, a former American slave remarked: "Tisn't he who has stood and looked on, that can tell you what slavery is - tis he who has endured. "I think the same holds true for women's rights. The incredulity in the question, "What rights don't women have presently that they are marching about?" reflects a troubling disconnect that comes from power and privilege.

Flannery O'Connor

I am no disbeliever in spiritual purpose and no vague believer. I see from the standpoint of Christian orthodoxy. This means that for me the meaning of life is centered in our Redemption by Christ and what I see in the world I see in relation to that.

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I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe.

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

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It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much.

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On the subject of the feminist business, I just never think. . . of qualities which are specifically feminine or masculine. I suppose I divide people into two classes: the Irksome and the Non-Irksome without regard to sex. Yes and there are the Medium Irksome and the Rare Irksome.

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I am a Catholic not like someone else would be a Baptist or a Methodist, but like someone else would be an atheist.

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