The writer who loses the ability to be astonished will lose ... - Flannery O'Connor

This quote is attributed to Flannery O'Connor.

"The writer who loses the ability to be astonished will lose the ability to write."

Flannery O'Connor Imagination

Novelist American 1925–1964

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