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Quote by Flannery OConnor
At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers, and at

At its best our age is an age of searchers and discoverers, and at its worst, an age that has domesticated despair and learned to live with it happily. – Flannery OConnor

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To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness. – Flannery OConnor

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