“I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.”
Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer
“I saw a Divine Being. I'm afraid I'm going to have to revise all my various books and opinions.”
A statement he made soon after recovering from his near-death experience, as reported by Dr. Jeremy George, in "Did atheist philosopher see God when he 'died'?" by William Cash, in National Post (3 March 2001) http://gonsalves.org/favorite/atheist.htm.
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