I wonder how many people don’t get the one they want, but end up with the one they’re supposed to be with.
The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is a certain crudeness and crassness that has suddenly become accepted behavior, even desirable.
Hazel always used to say There’s not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle.
The food in the South is as important as food anywhere because it defines a person’s culture.
I knew I wasn’t the picture of health, but I didn’t think I was headed for the last roundup.
…nobody was ever really ready to turn off their mother’s machine, no matter what they thought; to turn off the light of their childhood and walk away, just as if they were turning out a light and leaving a room.
All those calm, adult discussions. When all she really wanted to do was scream for her momma, her sweet momma, the one person in the world who loved her better than anyone ever would or ever could.
And her dumplings were so light they would float in the air and you’d have to catch ’em to eat ’em.
Evelyn stared into the empty ice cream carton and wondered where the smiling girl in the school pictures had gone.
Remember if people talk behind your back it only means you’re two steps ahead!
Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.