“Push back against the age as hard as it pushes against you. What people don’t realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross.”
-from The Habit of Being: The Letters of Flannery O’Connor
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I love The Habit of Being. It's a fascinating look into one writer's life and thinking–and you realize that for all her humor and absurdities, Flannery O. was a very serious person indeed.
xofrances
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Fantastic! Must find FC's The Habit of Being.
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ah…..thank you….stand , walk, push…
do it again.
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I love this- it's got to be the biggest issue outside of the classroom with kids at school. Will look out for the book.
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Love this quote. Now I want to read the book. Thank you, Gretchen Joanna.
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The cross. That says it all. I need to get this book. I recently reread a couple of stories from A Good Man is Hard to Find. I don't always get her stories but I really want to.
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What tangy food for thought. What will it mean to “push back” today, I wonder…
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I do not know Flannery O' but I'm interested now. Great quote.
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I totally dig Flannery O'Connor and I have not read this. It's going on the list! Great quote!
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