When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that becaus — Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
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When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an artist, I have had to reply, ruefully, that because I am a Catholic I cannot afford to be less than an artist.

— Flannery O'Connor, Collected Works: Wise Blood / A Good Man is Hard to Find / The Violent Bear it Away / Everything that Rises Must Converge / Essays and Letters
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