Southern Saying Quotes

“Bless your heart,” I said.
“And that means?” Solentine raised his eyebrows.
“‘Eat dirt and die.’ I should’ve let Krasta slice up your arm. You’re an insufferable ass.”
― Ilona Andrews, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

“Worryin’ is like sitting in a rockin’ chair. It don’t get you no further down the road.”
― McCaid Paul, Sweet Tea & Snap Peas

“I didn't just come in on a load of turnips!”
― Phillip C. McGraw

“You pay your money and you takes your choice.”
― Herbert Asbury, The French Quarter: An Informal History Of The New Orleans Underworld

“If looks could kill, Declan would've been deader than the crustaceans in this evening's she-crab soup.”
― Ashley Clark, Paint and Nectar

“It’s hotter’n a blister bug in a pea
patch.”
― McCaid Paul, Sweet Tea & Snap Peas

“You just can't be everyone's cup of tea.”
― McCaid Paul, Sweet Tea & Snap Peas

“She's clearly only got one oar in the water.”
― McCaid Paul, Sweet Tea & Snap Peas