“HE KNEW THAT HE COULD NOT TURN BACK NOW. HE KNEW THAT HIS DESTINY FORCED HIM ON TO A FINAL
REVELATION. HIS SCORCHED EYES NO LONGER LOOKED HOLLOW OR AS IF THEY WERE MEANT ONLY TO GUIDE
HIM FORWARD. THEY LOOKED AS IF, TOUCHED WITH A COAL LIKE THE LIPS OF THE PROPHET, THEY WOULD
NEVER BE USED FOR ORDINARY SIGHTS AGAIN.”
- FLANNERY O’CONNOR IN “THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY”
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