Quote by Jaye Wells

“ When a Southern woman has nothing else, she still has her manners. ”

— Deborah Ford

“She hasn't known many Southerners. That twang and aw-shucks about him--it's sort of exotic.”

— Tom Rachman

“Ah, mon cher, we are odd, wretched creatures, and if we merely look back over our lives, there’s no lack of occasions to amaze…

— Albert Camus

“Even the women began to see us as something so foreign to their community that nothing we said could possibly be of any relevance…

— Geraldine Brooks

“But she was smart. She was savvy. And most of all, she was Southern.”

— Sarah Addison Allen

“You are mistaken, your ladyship, if you suppose I am seriously considering your scheme. For you to entertain such a notion indicates that you…

— P.O. Dixon

“Yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied,”

— Kahlil Gibran

“You’re a lady. It’s written all over you, but the West doesn’t forgive any woman-unless she’s got a man.”

— Liliana Shelbrook

“I never thought deeply about the women folks all those while. Now I know they are really a bundle of blessing to men, especially…

— Peter Muzo Godwin

“ Men are important to Southern girls, but they don’t define us. ”

— Deborah Ford

“Gran was just being polite. Southern people are supposed to be polite and gracious. She's trying to show me how to be the same…

— Lauraine Snelling

“I thought I’d always be the only eastern European female university student in a world of western men. Maybe the only girl at all.…

— Marie Benedict