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…

- Fannie Flagg

Don't give up before the miracle happens.

- Fannie Flagg

Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as th…

- Fannie Flagg

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.

- Fannie Flagg

You're just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode. That's what you are, a bee charmer.

- Fannie Flagg

You never know what's in a person's heart until they're tested, do you?

- Fannie Flagg

If you cage a wild thing, you can be sure it will die, but if you let it run free, nine times out of ten it will run back home.

- Fannie Flagg

Remember, if people talk about you behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead of them.

- 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