Humor Quote by Flannery O'Connor — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“He had a look of composed dissatisfaction, as if he understood life thoroughly.”

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.”

“Most of us have learned to be dispassionate about evil, to look it in the face and find, as often as not, our own grinning reflections with which we do not argue, but good is another matter. Few have stared at that long enough to accept that its face too is grotesque, that in us the good is something under construction. The modes of evil usually receive worthy expression. The modes of good have to be satisfied with a cliche or a smoothing down that will soften their real look.”

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally. A higher paradox confounds the emotion as well as reason and there are long periods in the lives of all of us, when the truth as revealed by faith is hideous, emotionally disturbing, downright repulsive. Witness the dark night of the soul in individual saints . . .”

“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, and then throw it in the face of the person who gave you the lemons until they give you the oranges you originally asked for.”

“I hear your insults and plan to silence them with my victory.”

“I try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.”

“OK," Josh said evenly, "I've seen men made of mud, I guess I can accept spying rats. Do they talk?" he wondered aloud.”

“I'd love to...but only with you.”

“My shoulder will never be the same. I expect you to nurse me back to health.'-Jace”