Category Archives: Flannery O’Connor
“If you believed in Jesus, you wouldn’t be so good” by Flannery O’Connor
“‘For myself,’ she continued, ‘I don’t have that streak. I believe that what’s right today is wrong tomorrow and that the time to enjoy yourself is now, so long as you let others do the same. I’m as good, Mr. … Continue reading
“When worldliness looks normal and righteousness looks strange” by Flannery O’Connor
“I am 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 that what I see in the world I see its … Continue reading
Filed under Christian Theology, Flannery O'Connor, Quotable Quotes, Worldliness, Worldview, Writing
“I am no vague believer” by Flannery O’Connor
“I am 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 that what I see in the world I see its … Continue reading
“The way to avoid Jesus” by Flannery O’Connor
“The boy didn’t need to hear it. There was already a deep black wordless conviction in him that the way to avoid Jesus was to avoid sin.” –Flannery O’Connor, Wise Blood: A Novel (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1949/2001), … Continue reading
Filed under Christian Theology, Flannery O'Connor, Literature, Quotable Quotes, Sin
“It’s a highly dangerous quest” by Flannery O’Connor
“Picture me with my ground teeth stalking joy–fully armed too as it’s a highly dangerous quest.” –Flannery O’Connor, The Habit of Being, Ed. Sally Fitzgerald (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979), 126.
Filed under Flannery O'Connor, Literature, Quotable Quotes
