Quote by James Lee Burke

Southern women see no point in the hard way. Life is hard enough. So we add a little sugar to the sour. Which is…

— Allison Glock

I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern.

— Reynolds Price

“But we southerners know that you can insult someone as much as you want so long as you add that "bless her heart" to…

— Katherine Allred

It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.

— Anson Mount

Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic…

— Dean Koontz

“Southerners have a lot to be proud of. We have survived, and we have overcome. Southern women, especially, have learned to be proud of…

— Deborah Ford

You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.

— Walton Goggins

“I'll be certain to feel superior as they hurl insults and rocks in my direction." "I thought southern people were supposed to be warm…

— Andrea Laurence

Good southern boys always have this connection with their mom.

— Del Shores

Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect.

— John Oliver

I realized early on that it was important to have those values, a morality and ethics that come with being Southern girl. The way…

— Sarah Shahi

There's a real intense thing about manners in the South, a real prescribed way to be a woman.

— Mary Wiseman