Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not. Auteur: Flannery O'Connor Copy Quote More from Flannery O'Connor “I once received a letter from an old lady in California who informed me that wh…” “So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in dange…” “A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it take…” “You might as well go one place as another," he said. "That's all I know.”