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Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days. — Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me. — Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and I did not put on — Sierra D. Waters, Debbie.
The truth had lacerated him to the bone, had punctured his heart, and had ripped through his soul. The truth had slain h — Brenda Sutton Rose, Dogwood Blues
Wasting talent is a sin. I’m not big on sin, but I know a sin when I see one staring me in the face. I’m not big on sin, — Vicki Covington, Bird of Paradise
{Summertime she speaks of winter, she eats ham, but speaks of beef, got a good man but, flirts with another. She might a — Nancy B. Brewer
Sexy with a capital SEX. — Wendy Rosnau, The Right Side of the Law
She turned her painted blue eyes toward the assistant and said something in French before she left. — Nancy B. Brewer, Carolina Rain
I didn’t even know a piece of me was missing until I had her for the first time. — Jiffy Kate, Fighting Fire
You'd think that a redheaded boy with glasses who was named Howard and had an up-down walk would have a lot more to wish — Barbara O'Connor, Wish
Sing me a love song in a slow, southern drawl to the tune of sunny days... — Kellie Elmore, Magic in the Backyard
No matter what a person does to cover up and conceal themselves, when we write and lose control, I can spot a person fro — Natalie Goldberg
Los Angeles is a town where status is all and status is only given to success. Dukes and millionaires and playboys by th — Julian Fellowes, Past Imperfect
Her hands crept around his neck, tangling in his hair to keep him closer, even though she knew that beautiful boys with — Martina Boone
Southerners had a long tradition of looking for religious significance in even the most humble forms of nature, and I al — Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline
But no one could say he hadn't gotten even. He could not count the field women whom he had sexually degraded and demoral — James Lee Burke, Jolie Blon's Bounce
I've never bonded with anyone before. I didn't know that day on the field that standing up to him the way I did could ea — Mercy Celeste, Bootleg Diva: Confessions of a Quarterback Princess by Levi Brody
Los Angeles was the kind of place where everybody was from somewhere else and nobody really droppped anchor. It was a tr — Michael Connelly, The Brass Verdict
We have been told to ask about everything: Will it leave us free? — Ben Robertson, Red Hills and Cotton
My mother’s dress bears the stains of her life:blueberries, blood, bleach, and breast milk;She cradles in her arms a lif — Brenda Sutton Rose