“ Evelyn stared into the empty ice cream carton and wondered where the smiling girl in the school pictures had gone. Fannie Flagg
“ I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with. Fannie Flagg
“ Oh no, honey. Lots of women go through it early. Why, there was this woman over in Georgia who was only thirty-six-years-old and one day she got in her car and drove right up the stairs to the county… Fannie Flagg
“ People didn't call blacks names anymore, at least not to their faces. Italians weren't wops or dagos, and there were no more kikes, Japs, chinks, or spics in polite conversation. Everybody had a group… Fannie Flagg
“ Later on, still looking, she had tried to get involved with the Women's Community Center. She liked what they stood for but secretly wished they would wear just a little lipstick and shave their legs.… Fannie Flagg
“ Our car would've burned up too, but Michael, who is only twelve, got in it and backed it away. I climbed in with him and noticed some of my school books in the car, so I took them out and threw them i… Fannie Flagg
“ The food in the South is as important as food anywhere because it defines a person's culture. Fannie Flagg
“ And so, as quietly as he had lived, he slipped out of town, leaving only a note behind:Well, that's that. I'm off, and if you don't believe I'm leaving, just count the days I'm gone. When you hear the… Fannie Flagg
“ In her opinion, Alexander Graham Bell and Clarence Birdseye are the two greatest Americans that ever lived excluding Robert E. Lee. She believes we never lost the War Between the States, that General… Fannie Flagg
“ Mrs. Threadgoode pulled something out of the Cracker Jack box and all of a sudden her eyes lit up. Oh Evelyn, look! Here’s my prize. It’s a little miniature chicken… just what I like! and she held it… Fannie Flagg
“ 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. Fannie Flagg
“ And her dumplings were so light they would float in the air and you'd have to catch 'em to eat 'em. Fannie Flagg
“ I thought I was going to die right there on the spot. I've never heard anything so terrible in my whole life. I hope she is wrong and I never get a period. I am eleven years old and entirely too young… Fannie Flagg
“ … but she never did cry. She was too hurt to cry.… You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same. Fannie Flagg
“ They also learned that the very best way to start a marriage was with a good laugh. Particularly when the children start coming. Fannie Flagg
“ Men are necessary up to a point, but women are the natural leaders in society and in the home. Fannie Flagg
“ I was sitting on the roof, and she didn't see me. I sit on the roof a lot. People never think to look up. Fannie Flagg
