Those who have no absolute values cannot let the relative remain merely relative; they are always raising it to the level of the absolute. (Flannery O’Connor)

Those who have no absolute values cannot let the relative remain merely relative; they are always raising it to the level of the absolute.

Flannery O’Connor

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