Flannery O'Connor

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.
-Flannery O'Connor

Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.
-Flannery O'Connor

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
-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, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose