Flannery O'Connor Quote

Listen, friends, said the disciple confidently, [...] I didn't have a friend in the world. Do you know what it's like not to have a friend in the world?It ain't no worsen havinum that would put a knife in your back when you wasn't looking, the older man said, barely parting his lips.

Flannery O'Connor

Listen, friends, said the disciple confidently, [...] I didn't have a friend in the world. Do you know what it's like not to have a friend in the world?It ain't no worsen havinum that would put a knife in your back when you wasn't looking, the older man said, barely parting his lips.

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About Flannery O'Connor

Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964) was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. She wrote two novels and 31 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries.
She was a Southern writer who often wrote in a sardonic Southern Gothic style and relied heavily on regional settings and grotesque characters, often in violent situations. An unsentimental acceptance or rejection of the limitations, imperfections or differences of these characters (whether attributed to disability, race, crime, religion or sanity) typically underpins the drama.
Her writing reflects her Roman Catholic faith and frequently examines questions of Catholicism-defined morality and ethics. Her posthumously compiled Complete Stories won the 1972 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and has been the subject of enduring praise.