“I loved the land that surrounded me but hated the history that haunted that land.” — Mark Kemp Copy Share Image
“As flawed as Southern culture is, mendacity has always been treated in the South as a despicable characteristic. Notice how often Southerners… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
Intellectual development was paramount to my father, of course, but he was hardly a geek. He was a man who happened to… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
“After observing southern culture for some time, Emily Burke concluded that the people of the South would not think they could subsist… — Sam Bowers Hilliard Copy Share Image
The South is about the abundance, beauty, and richness of Southern culture, but also its dark underside. The history of Southern food… — Marcie Cohen Ferris Copy Share Image
“Never let it be said that dialect is a reflection of intellect. On the contrary, it is a reflection of the deep… — Patricia H. Graham Copy Share Image
In South Carolina, the Confederate flag flies high on countless flagpoles. Those who defend this practice by saying it is part of… — Jack Schlossberg Copy Share Image
Southern culture has fostered a type of imagination that has been influenced by Christianity of a not too unorthodox kind and by… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
In southern culture, possession of a gun became kind of a sign of manhood, not just because of slaves but other white… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The body count alone marks the plantation as a sacred place, and yet that's not what hallows the grounds to most. Traditionally,… — Michael W. Twitty Copy Share Image
William Ferris has long reigned as the unimpeachable source of the entire southern experience. His work on southern folklore and the composition… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“Southern culture is vivified, made a culture, by the melding of influences that are held far more closely than in other, lesser… — Markham Shaw Pyle Copy Share Image
“In general, those from outside the southern culture built a style around exaggerations of southern music, and missed the lonesome hillbilly and… — Colin Escott Copy Share Image
![“After observing southern culture for some time, Emily Burke concluded that the people of the South would not think they could subsist without their [swine] flesh; bacon, instead of bread, seems to be THEIR staff of life. Consequently, you see bacon upon a Southern table three times a day either…” quote by Sam Bowers Hilliard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4bf/sam-bowers-hilliard-86415_life_after-observing-southern-culture-for-som_1223373.jpg)
