Quote of the Day

“All we want to know is where the stars came from, but do we ever stop to watch them shine? Or are we staring with ungrateful eyes?” Jon Bellion, Ungrateful Eyes

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"When a book leaves your hands it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think for the writer to worry is to take over God's business"

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing"

P.S. I know I've been gone for a while, I've been busy with college and stuff :P

Source: http://enduringaffection.blogspot.com/2013/09/beginning-with-attraction-5.html?m=1

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial."

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"There's many a bestseller could have been prevented by a good teacher"




(*cough cough* Twilight *COUGH COUGH COUGH * FIFTY SHADES OF GRAY)

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"The old woman was the kind that would not cut down a large old tree because it was a large old tree"

Dreams

"...but I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
                William Butler Yeats The Clothes of Heaven

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system"

"When you look back at your life, you remember the great highs and the great lows. The middle sort of doesn't stand out that much, so never fear risking the great lows in pursuit of the great highs." - Adam Steltzner

"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented" -Elie Wiesel

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity"

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"Anybody who has survived childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days."

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"I think its safe to say that while the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted"

Just finished the first section of a 7-10 page paper on this lovely lady and her novel Wise Blood so I thought that I'd use a quote I used in the actual paper for today. Well, actually I just used the phrase "Christ-haunted" but the whole quote is interesting so... :)

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it"

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

I'm baaaack! And with a perfect start of the school year quote, too, you're welcome :)

“Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me.”