I have found that violence is strangely capable of returning... - Flannery O'Connor

This quote is attributed to Flannery O'Connor.

"I have found that violence is strangely capable of returning my characters to reality and preparing them to accept their moment of grace."

Flannery O'Connor Wisdom

Novelist American 1925–1964

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