Quotes from Fannie Flagg

Su idea de cómo iban las cosas al país se medía por el tamaño de las colillas que recogía en la calle

I just think humiliation really causes more harm than maybe being physically beaten.

If you did tell the truth or if you didn't, there were always consequences. Human interaction was difficult at best.

Let's put it this way, Mrs. Threadgoode said kindly. She's of this world, but not in it.

When you're a child you think time will never go by, but when you hit about twenty, time passes like you're on the fast train to Memphis.

I believe in God, but I don't think you have to go crazy to prove it. - Smokeys dad, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.

Seated in a car full of women, squashed between his six-foot landlady and Sybil Underwood, having to listen to them talk nonstop all the way to Atlanta and back, was too much for him to bear.

Evelyn leaned out her window and calmly said, "Let's face it, honey, I'm older than you are and have more insurance than you do," and drove away.

She was too hurt to cry….You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same.

A person lives for years, touches so many people, and then at the end winds up just a small picture and a few paragraphs in the paper, the paper gets thrown away, and it's all over.

I don't know. I just feel all wicky-wacky. I'm just thrown for a loop and back. I can't even think about what to do.

It's kind of funny, really, all these years, everybody has been so busy trying to figure what life was all about, and all the while, it was just something for us to enjoy.

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.

You see, Elner, life is like one big roller-coaster ride, with all kinds of bumps and twists and turns, and ups and downs along the way." "Ahh," said Elner, "so all we have to do is just sit back and enjoy it." Raymond said, "Exactly. But the problem is Ã¢â'¬Â¦ most people think they are steering, and get so busy trying to control it that they miss all the fun parts." Elner

See what I mean? She thinks she sees all kinds of things out in the yard. Last week it was flying turtles." She walked over and picked up his dishes. "I'm not sure if it was that fall she took a while ago or just her age; she's older than God.

Idgie le sorrise e guardò il cielo azzurro che si rifletteva nei suoi occhi. Si sentiva felice come si può essere soltanto quando ci si innamora in tempo d'estate.

Y en cambio, los gatos se comportan como si no les importases lo más mínimo. También hay personas así, ¿sabes?, ariscas, que no se dejan querer. Idgie era así

It's funny, when you're a child you think time will never go by, but when you hit about twenty, time passes like you're on the fast train to Memphis. I guess life just slips up on everybody.

No, non era la morte a spaventarla. Era questa sua vita di ogni giorno, che cominciava a ricordarle troppo da vicino la grigia sala d'aspetto del reparto di terapia intensiva.

sono troppo giovane per essere vecchia e troppo vecchia per essere giovane! Non riesco a collocarmi in nessuna categoria.

In the movies, it was always the bad guys that got killed, and the good guys lived happily forever.

She sat there admiring the beauty of the light amber fluid in the clear bottle, the way the condensation on the Miller bottle ran down the black and gold label, like it was a fine piece of art. That was the problem with alcohol. It was so beautiful to look at, how could you resist it? And what kind of place could be more inviting and seductive than a truly elegant cocktail bar?

Questa era Slagtown un sabato sera qualunque, e a un isolato da lì la Birmingham dei bianchi fingeva d'ignorarne l'esistenza.

Ci sono persone magnifiche su questa terra, che se ne vanno in giro travestite da normali esseri umani.