Quotes from Fannie Flagg

But in August 1945, Americans

He had done it all, from barnstorming to crop dusting, and had even flown a Davis Waco with the Baby Ruth Flying Circus. It was an advertising blitz unlike anything the country had ever seen. Billy would fly over county and state fairs, racetracks, and crowded beaches in his red and white plane, dropping hundreds of tiny rice paper parachutes—each one bearing a small Baby Ruth candy bar—on the crowds below.

Lenore had pushed her into had been a complete disaster.

This meant that the families of the girls who had been killed would be receiving no death benefits, and at the end of the war, the WASPs, unlike all other discharged veterans, would be left with no GI Bill, no medical, no nothing.

You may not be the person your mother wants you to

The war was over, but it had taken its toll. More than 400,000 Americans had been killed and 1.7 million had been hurt in some way. And most people didn't know about the 39 WASPs who had been killed or that 16 Army nurses had died by enemy fire, and 67 had been taken prisoner, including Nurse Dottie Frakes, who was held in a Japanese concentration camp for more than three years.

His motto: "Screw the little people." He had lied before, and he would lie again. Ethics were for suckers.

As recent immigrants, they wanted their children to speak and read English well. Miss

Look at me...and tell me what you see.' Norma put her pencil down and studied him. 'You look just like you always did, Macky, only older.' 'How much older?' 'You look... oh, I don't know, Macky, you look the same to me as you always did. I don't know what you look like. Go look for yourself in the mirror.' 'I want an objective view. I see myself every day.' 'Well, I see you every day too. How am I supposed to know what you look like?

I'm telling you, Dena, when you live long enough to see your children begin to look at you with different eyes, and you can look at them not as your children, but as people, it's worth getting older with all the creaks and wrinkles." PACKAGE FOR ALICE POINT CLEAR, ALABAMA PETE THE MAILMAN WALKED TO SOOKIE'S DOOR AND KNOCKED JUST AS Lenore was coming up the stairs with a sack of B & B pecans she had picked up for Sookie.

Clyde. This here's Bonnie.

What can I tell you about the town? I suppose if you had driven through it back

As the doctor said, When a fifty-eight-year-old man goes downtown dressed up in a Dale Evans cowgirl outfit, complete with a skirt with fringe, it's time...

Once you've been to Milwaukee, you're never the same.

Of course, she seems happy, Mabel," said Mrs. Gumms, "but you know, no woman is really happy without a home and children." Mrs. Bell said, "I'm not so sure about that. Oh, not that I don't love Lloyd and the children, but still…it might be nice to have a little time to myself every once in a while.

The club motto was To Toot One's Own Horn is Unattractive.

No matter how many times Dena had tried to tell her, Sookie had never understood what a great gal she was on her own. She had been one of the funniest and best-liked girls on campus, but she had never quite believed it. Everybody seemed to love Sookie but Sookie. A

At the reception, she had introduced a man to his own wife. Twice.

You save up all your energy for the big push--when you need it. And when you're up there, concentrate. Remain calm and steady as she goes. Don't look right, don't look left, don't let yourself get rattled, just stay the course, nice and easy all the way.

she had taught a class in oral history at the community college, and Elner Shimfissle had attended with her friend Irene Goodnight.

First, it is imperative that you create a private Sacred Space and set up an altar with a photo of yourself as a child, a candle, or anything else that speaks to you. I have a picture of the Dalai Lama and Oprah Winfrey.

Sometimes a woman in love doesn't see what's right in front of her eyes. Even a woman with a law degree.

And you can't be happy and in a rage at the same time.

Easy!" he said. "Just like two and two always add up to four, kindness and forgiveness is always right, hate and revenge is always wrong. It's a fail-proof system; if you just stick to that one simple rule, why, you couldn't make a mistake if you tried." He sat back and crossed his arms. "Pretty neat, huh?