"The Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
-- Flannery O'Connor
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La-la, how the life goes on. . .
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- Craig
- I used to be Desmond Jones; now I'm just me. . . Another aging baby boomer, married for a bunch of years, 'with a couple of kids running in the yard'. OK, more than a couple. . .
I love that quote by Flannery O'Connor.
ReplyDeleteWhen she died, her mother donated a pair of her beloved peacocks to the Monastery that is only a few miles from my home. They no longer have them, of course, but I can still show you the pen where they had them by the lake.
When Flannery O'Conner died that is, it sounds if her mother died and then she donated the peacocks! Best to proofread, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI love Flannery O'Connor. . .
DeleteAin't that the truth!
ReplyDeleteYeah, and it doesn't change, either. . .
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... only by our ability to alter it ... ;-)
ReplyDeleteSorry, that just seems to be the mantra of the day. Still not true, but people keep on wishing!
Well, as Solzhenitsyn said, one word of Truth outweighs the world. And he knew some pretty determined truth-alterers. . .
DeleteWhy do I think of Jack Nicholson when I read that quote?
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. . . It might take a few good men to help you sort that one out. . .
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