Southern Fiction Quotes
Southern Fiction Quote of the day
Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that.
The mind of man can only teach what he has learned from others. It is how you use that knowledge that will decide who you are.
Ruby's was where I'd long picked up delicious bits and pieces of small-town troubles, and of course, Ramona Jean was my very best source.
If you want vampires and werewolves, faeries, fallen angels or zombies, you won't find them here. I know a real-life monster.
We don't always get what we want. And sometimes, when we do, it's not worth the price.
It wasn’t that she believed in voodoo, precisely—but she believed in the people who believed in voodoo—and that was scary enough. -Coralee Ayers
As he farmed, hard labor left his hands callused, the sun bleached his hair, his face leathered, and his heart throbbed with music.
Ain’t nothing too serious. Even death is a joke on the old devil, if we are living for the Lord.
The woods are full of regional writers, and it is the great horror of every serious Southern writer that he will become one of them.
I reckon it’s true what they say that good begets good and bad begets bad. The evil men do lives on after them, but what good they done gets buried with their bones.
We all have scars. Just because mine are hidden doesn’t make them any less painful.
Step into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you. It will only burn what you are not, - Rumi
Are you aware that Jesus Christ can spell? I get so tired of you spelling every slang and cuss word that crosses your mind, as though you are pulling one over on the Lord.
Nothing helps your partner keep his mind on Jesus more than having a sign of His love tanned on your primary erogenous zones.
The ultimate downfall of the computerized holographic receptionist was that there was no amount of flattery, flirtation or chocolate that could convince one to lie for you.
He takes a draw on a cigarette, blows out a smoky ghost. I reach to catch the phantom in my hands, but it eludes me. I've been trying to catch a ghost for as long as I can remember.