Southern Authors Quotes

“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“If I weren't so screwed up, I would've sold my soul a long time ago for a handsome man who made me feel pretty or who could at least treat me to a Millionaire's Martini. Instead I lingered over a watered down Sparkling Apple and felt sorry about what I was about to do to the blue-eyed bartender standing in front of me. Although I shouldn’t, after all, I am a bail recovery agent. It's my job to get my skip, no matter the cost.If I weren't so screwed up, I would've sold my soul a long time ago for a handsome man who made me feel pretty or who could at least treat me to a Millionaire's Martini. Instead I lingered over a watered down Sparkling Apple and felt sorry about what I was about to do to the blue-eyed bartender standing in front of me. Although I shouldn't, after all, I am a bail recovery agent. It's my job to get my skip, no matter the cost. Yet, I had been wondering lately. What was this job costing me? Yet, I had been wondering lately. What was this job costing me?”
― Miranda Parker, A Good Excuse to Be Bad

“F***ing triffids.”
― Scott B. Pruden

“Magic of Southern expressions? Similes and metaphorical allusions. They are the yellow highlighter of conversation.”
― Tim Heaton

“She spoke with all the authority vested in her by her flea-market prayer beads and her lotus-flower tramp stamp.”
― Joshilyn Jackson, The Opposite of Everyone

“Potential enemies make the best friends and lovers. Many a blessed union begins in adversity.”
― Randy Thornhorn, The Kestrel Waters

“There are two things I am afraid of. One is dying young. The other is Johnny Monroe.”
― Susan Gabriel, The Secret Sense of Wildflower

“To living in the South: If you've never had a Porterhouse, everything tastes like baloney.”
― Tim Heaton

“Something Stinks in Denmark”
― Pamela Martin, Hard Whispers

“What is the fire of inspiration that resides within, if not something to follow along a path?”
― Claire Fullerton, Mourning Dove