Mrs. Charlotte Phelan's Guide to Husband-Hunting, Rule Number One: a pretty, petite girl should accentuate with makeup and good posture. A tall plain….

And if your friends make fun of you for chasing your dream, remember—just lie..

That's all a grit is, a vehicle. For whatever it is you rather be eating..

Mississippi is like my mother. I am allowed to complain about her all I want, but God help the person who raises an ill word about her around me, unl….

Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought..

He let out a long sorry sigh and I love that look on his face, that disappointment. I understand now why girls resist,just for that sweet look of reg….

I'm sorry, but were you dropped on your head as an infant?.

it always sound scarier when a hollerer talk soft..

When you little, you only get asked two questions, what’s your name and how old you is, so you better get em right..

I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good..

I grew up in the 1970s, but I don't think a whole lot had changed from the '60s. Oh, it had changed in the law books - but not in the kitchens of whi….

Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else..

Baby Girl," I say. "I need you remember everything I told you. Do you remember what I told you?" She still crying steady, but the hiccups are gone. "….

I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter feeling, but it is drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it..

Who knew heartbreak would be so goddamn hot..

President Kennedy’s assassination, less than two weeks ago, has struck the world dumb. It’s like no one wants to be the first to break the silence. N….

...My sister Doreena who never lifted a royal finger growing up because she had the heart defect that we later found out was a fly on the X-ray machi….

I tell myself that's what you get when you put thirty-one toilets on the most popular girl's front yard. People tend to treat you a little differentl….

I nursed a worthless, pint drinker for twelve years and when my lazy, life-sucking, daddy finally died, I swore to God with tears in my eyes I'd neve….

With other people, Hilly hands out lies like the Presbyterians hand out guilt, but it's our own silent agreement, this strict honesty, perhaps the on….

I have decided not to die..