The South is chock full of good wisdom, tidbits from momma, and a few classic “you might be a, ahem, (I hate this word)… redneck if” jokes. We’ve got good sayin’s galore, so here’s a treasury of them. A place we can all list our favorites. Do share!
“Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.” -Truvy from Steel Magnolias
“Any Southener worth his piecrust knows that White Lily is the only flour worth stocking in the larder.”
Richard David Story, New York magazine
“I’m from the south. Flirting is part of my heritage.” Blanche, The Golden Girls
“Dreams, if they’re any good, are always a little crazy.” – Ray Charles
“Anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic.” -Flannery O’Connor
“Grace changes us and change is painful.” -Flannery O’Connor
“Why, she’s ’bout as big as a minute!!!” Deborah Lambert