Quote by Flannery OConnor
To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this

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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Everywhere I go, Im asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they dont stifle enough of them. Theres many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. – Flannery OConnor

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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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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed. – Booker T. Washington

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The meaning of life is not an unquestionable answer; it is an unanswerable question. – Terri Guillemets

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Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. – Karen Horney

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