Flannery O'Connor Quotes


In the first place you can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it is better to be a combination of cautious and polite

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Topics
Caution
Diplomacy, Diplomats
Honesty
Integrity
Moderation
Thinking
Truth, Truthfulness
Candor
Accuracy
Balance
Firsts
Politeness
Precision, Exactitude
Sincerity
Veracity
Compromise
Honest
Tactfulness
Citations

O'Connor, Flannery. The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor. Edited by Sally Fitzgerald, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979.

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Flannery O'Connor
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Flannery O'Connor
  • Born: March 25, 1925
  • Died: August 3, 1964
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author
Biography

Mary Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. She wrote two novels and thirty-two short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries.

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