Mississippi Quote by Sarah Addison Allen

She was one of those Southerners who knew from an early age that the South could never be more for them than a fragrant…

— Pat Conroy

“When I got back home I told my grandmother everything, detail by detail, and she savored it. I had been to the old country.…

— Michael W. Twitty

“She was blind and insensible to many things, and dimly knew it; but to all that was light and air, perfume and colour, every…

— Edith Wharton

“For as long as she can remember, telling stories has been her momma's gift to those around her, fables filled with rich, detailed accounts…

— Sara Stark

She felt the essence of herself pulled finer and smaller like those streams of spun glass that pull and stretch till there remains but…

— Zelda Fitzgerald

“Minnesota! It smelled like raspberries and sunlight and tender grass. It was summer, and everything was more beautiful than any picture she had carried…

— Ann Patchett

“During the day she carried her boy, bandaged and fed the wounded, leaving her own festering wounds until night-time when she licked them and…

— Paullina Simons

But there were moments when she played songs that made you wonder where she learned them, where indeed she came from. Harsh-tender wandering tunes…

— Truman Capote

“Minnesota! It smelled like raspberries and sunlight and tender grass. It was summer and everything was more beautiful than any picture she had carried…

— Ann Patchett

“I remember every stone, every tree, the scent of heather... Even when the thunder growled in the distance, and the wind swept up the…

— Beatrix Potter

“As Lillian walked into the orangery, she was suffused in the scent of... oranges. But lemons, bays, and myrtles also cast their fragrance extravagantly…

— Lisa Kleypas

The weather turned. Her skin seemed to grow a million extra pores, and all of them opened to take in the warmth and tenderness…

— Ann Brashares