Flannery O'Connor
"She had observed that the more education they got, the less they could do. Their father had gone to a one-room schoolhouse through the eighth grade and he could do anything."
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"She had observed that the more education they got, the less they could do. Their father had gone to a one-room schoolhouse through the eighth grade and he could do anything."
"لقد رأت أنهم كلما ازدادوا تحصيلاً، قلّت حيلتهم في العمل. أما والدهم، الذي لم يتجاوز الصف الثامن في مدرسة ريفية بسيطة، فكانت يداه تتقنان كل صنعة."
Flannery O'Connor
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
"There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act, that demands that what falls at least be offered the chance to be restored. The reader of today looks for this motion, and rightly so, but what he has forgotten is the cost of it. His sense of evil is diluted or lacking altogether, and so he has forgotten the price of restoration. When he reads a novel, he wants either his sense tormented or his spirits raised. He wants to be transported, instantly, either to mock damnation or a mock innocence."
"إن فينا، كقاصّين ومستمعين للقصص، شيئًا يلحّ على فعل الفداء، يطالب بأن يُمنح ما سقط فرصة الاستعادة على الأقل. قارئ اليوم يبحث عن هذا التحول، وهو محق في ذلك، لكن ما غاب عنه هو ثمنه. لقد تضاءل إحساسه بالشر أو انعدم كليًا، فنسي بذلك كلفة الاسترداد. عندما يقرأ رواية، يريد إما أن تُعذّب حواسه أو أن ترتفع معنوياته. يريد أن يُنقل، فورًا، إما إلى لعنة زائفة أو براءة مصطنعة."
Flannery O'Connor
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
"Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system."
"تأليف الرواية تجربة مروعة، يتساقط فيها الشعر غالباً وتتآكل الأسنان. ودائماً ما يثير غيظي أولئك الذين يوهمون بأن كتابة الخيال هروب من الواقع. إنها غوص في الواقع، وصدمة عنيفة للنظام برمته."
Flannery O'Connor
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
"Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days."
"من نجا من طفولته، فقد حاز من دراية الحياة ما يكفيه لسائر أيامه."
Flannery O'Connor
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
"Art transcends its limitations only by staying within them."
"لا يتجاوز الفن حدوده إلا بالبقاء فيها."
Flannery O'Connor
"Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it."
"الفن لا يستجيب أبدًا لرغبة جعله ديمقراطيًا؛ فهو ليس للجميع، بل هو فقط لأولئك المستعدين لبذل الجهد اللازم لفهمه."
Flannery O'Connor
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
"The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode."
"أساس الفن هو الحقيقة، جوهراً وكيفية."
Flannery O'Connor
"Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not."
"الإيمان هو ما يدركه المرء حقاً، سواء آمن به أم لم يؤمن."
Flannery O'Connor
"I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that there's no truth."
"أُبشّر بأنّ الحقائق شتّى، حقيقتك وحقيقة غيرك. ولكن وراءها جميعًا حقيقة واحدة لا غير، وهي أن لا حقيقة."
Flannery O'Connor
"Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay."
"تأليف الرواية تجربة مروعة، يتساقط فيها الشعر وتتآكل الأسنان."
Flannery O'Connor
"Conviction without experience makes for harshness."
"الاعتقاد المجرد من التجربة يُفضي إلى القسوة."
Flannery O'Connor
"There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."
Flannery O'Connor
"Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character."
Flannery O'Connor
"To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness."
Flannery O'Connor
"If you do the same thing every day at the same time for the same length of time you'll save yourself from many a sink. Routine is a condition of survival."
Flannery O'Connor
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