Mary Kay Andrews

“Savannah gray bricks”

— Mary Kay Andrews

“I can’t wrangle bees. I’m terrified of stinging insects. Literally. I break out in hives.” “Hives! That’s adorbs, right?”

— Mary Kay Andrews

“A dowdy, depressed dwarf.”

— Mary Kay Andrews

“I went to college at Florida State, which is where I got my interior design degree, and after college, I moved down…

— Mary Kay Andrews

“she felt the past come rushing back with a ferocity that nearly knocked her down. And it struck her, this was not…

— Mary Kay Andrews

As soon as I started reading, I found myself drawn to fictional character's homes as much as I was to the characters…

— Mary Kay Andrews

“She’s got the face of an angel and the soul of a pit bull–piranha hybrid.”

— Mary Kay Andrews

“Don’t never depend on somebody else to take care of you, sugar. Trust in the Lord, and then you just take care…

— Mary Kay Andrews

“Whole new level of bullshit, more like,” CeeJay said. “What a waste of a penis that guy is.”

— Mary Kay Andrews

I guess because I'm a washed-up journalist, I always do a lot of research.

— Mary Kay Andrews

“Losing a parent, I guess it makes you realize none of us is gonna be immortal.”

— Mary Kay Andrews

“The pay was crap. My boss was an idiot. And the final straw was that she wanted me to demonstrate a colon…

— Mary Kay Andrews

The story of my holiday decorating is if Ralph Lauren was trapped in a 1950s Woolworth, this is what it would look…

— Mary Kay Andrews

“Greer’s eyes darted back and forth on the road, always vigilant for bears. Or any other mammal that might wander onto the…

— Mary Kay Andrews

I'm house obsessed, a house voyeur. Always have been.

— Mary Kay Andrews

My ideal beach house has bookshelves full of paperbacks that can tolerate a little sand, a DVD library that includes some Disney…

— Mary Kay Andrews

I wanted a garret hideaway to write in like Jo March in 'Little Women.'

— Mary Kay Andrews

Never, ever ask a former clergyman to say the blessing over a holiday dinner. Not if you like your dinner warm, anyway.

— Mary Kay Andrews

“The door slammed shut behind her, and a moment later she heard what sounded like a tennis shoe being thrown against the…

— Mary Kay Andrews

“That conniving little slut,” Pokey said. “I’d like to rip her arms off and beat her to death with ’em.”

— Mary Kay Andrews

Although I married a sports-loving jock, I myself am not only not athletic, I am acutely, completely uncoordinated.

— Mary Kay Andrews

For a writer, capturing that elusive Christmas morning magic can be deeply problematic.

— Mary Kay Andrews

I try to start drinking water as soon as my feet hit the floor in the morning.

— Mary Kay Andrews

Southern women, especially upper-middle-class women, care deeply about appearances and what other people think.

— Mary Kay Andrews

My protagonists have problems that a new pair of shoes won't solve. Retail therapy is not a bad thing, but it's not…

— Mary Kay Andrews