The virtue of hope, in Enoch, was made up of two parts suspicion and one part lust. Auteur: Flannery O'Connor Copy Quote More from Flannery O'Connor “The boy knew that escaping school was the surest sign of his election.” “If you don't hunt it down and kill it, it will hunt you down and kill you.” “Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me.” “The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity …”