Florence King Quotations | Page 2

It takes only one child to raze a village.

agoraphobia was my quirky armor against a gregarious America ...

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.

to a Southerner it is faux pas, not sins, that matter in this world.

Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down.

Episcopalians have always preferred the flying buttress to the pillar of the church.

In Mississippi the important thing is hooch, not bar equipment.

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.

In its purest sense, nicknaming is an elitist ritual practiced by those who cherish hierarchy. For preppies it's a smoke signal that allows Bunny to tell Pooky that they belong to the same tribe, while among the good old boys it serves the cause of masculine dominance by identifying Bear and Wrecker as Alpha males.

Judge not, lest ye be judged judgmental.