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Flannery O'Connor
The King of the Birds
Acree Graham Macam
“It all started with a chicken who could walk backwards and forwards.”The charming illustrated story of Flannery O'Connor’s early life and her love of birds:
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
Flannery O'Connor
“Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.”Flannery O'Connor on art, integrity, and the artist’s responsibility to his or her muse:
The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O’Connor
Flannery O’Connor
“For me a dogma is only a gateway to contemplation and is an instrument of freedom and not of restriction.”
Flannery O’Connor on dogma, belief, and the difference between religion and faith – beautiful read, especially for those of us uneasy with the word “God”: