True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories. — Florence King Composition Copy Share Image
He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood. — Florence King Feminism Copy Share Image
The more immoral we become in big ways, the more puritanical we become in little ways. — Florence King Bigs Copy Share Image
No matter which sex I went to bed with, I never smoked on the street — Florence King Bed Copy Share Image
Episcopalians have always preferred the flying buttress to the pillar of the church. — Florence King Church Copy Share Image
America is the only country in the world where you can suffer culture shock without leaving home. — Florence King America Copy Share Image
to a Southerner it is faux pas, not sins, that matter in this world. — Florence King Faux Copy Share Image
I do believe in reincarnation, but I do not believe there is life before noon. — Florence King Believe Copy Share Image
Christopher Hitchens and I were not friends or even acquaintances. We never met or spoke on the phone, just exchanged occasional brief… — Florence King Even Copy Share Image
Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors. Bump… — Florence King Book Copy Share Image
If you ever meet someone who cannot understand why solitary confinement is considered punishment, you have met a misanthrope. — Florence King Confinement Copy Share Image
Southerners have a genius for psychological alchemy...If something intolerable simply cannot be changed, driven away or shot they will not only tolerate… — Florence King Alchemy Copy Share Image
If we define a misanthrope as 'someone who does not suffer fools and likes to see fools suffer,' we have described a… — Florence King Doe Copy Share Image
Updike's style is an exquisite blend of Melville and Austen: reading him is like cutting through whale blubber with embroidery scissors. — Florence King Austen Copy Share Image
Kings and queens might do wicked things, but they don't nag. One thing I like about Bloody Mary: she never said a… — Florence King Bloody Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more frustrating than sitting in an office amid typewriters and mimeographers when you know what deus ex machina means.” — Florence King Deus Ex Copy Share Image
You can't pretend to be witty because wit is dry, subtle, lacerating, cynical, elitist, and risque - all impossible to fake. Humor,… — Florence King Comedy Copy Share Image
If the West Point class of 1915 is called 'the class the stars fell on' for the number of World War II… — Florence King Movies Copy Share Image
The vitamin has been reified. A chemical intangible originally defined as a unit of nutritive value, it was long ago reified into… — Florence King Chemicals Copy Share Image
Americans respect talent only insofar as it leads to fame, and we reserve our most fervent admiration for famous people who destroy… — Florence King Achievement Copy Share Image
Until feminists started wailing about the female's passivity, submissiveness, and something called 'victim status,' I had no idea women were such doormats.… — Florence King Childhood Copy Share Image
In other countries, congenital introverts simply remain introverts all their lives, neither advancing nor retreating, but America's commitment to extroversion as a… — Florence King Aloof Copy Share Image
In its purest sense, nicknaming is an elitist ritual practiced by those who cherish hierarchy. For preppies it's a smoke signal that… — Florence King Alpha male Copy Share Image
Each time a mediocre singer performs, he is saying, in effect, "This is good enough for you." The audience, thrust into that… — Florence King Audience Copy Share Image
When you go apartment-hunting in the South, you encounter little old ladies who ask you if you use strong drink. In New… — Florence King Apartment Copy Share Image
“Children have no business expressing opinions on anything except "Do you have enough room in the toes?” — Florence King Business Copy Share Image
“In the South, Sunday morning sex is accompanied by church bells.” — Florence King Church bells Copy Share Image
Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism. — Florence King America Copy Share Image
I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home. — Florence King Bingo Copy Share Image
It's the Government's job to print the money, deliver the mail and declare war. Now give me my cigarettes. — Florence King Cigarette Copy Share Image
“Build a fence around the South and you'd have one big madhouse.” — Florence King Fence Copy Share Image
