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“ ...nobody was ever really ready to turn off their mother's machine, no matter what they thought; to turn off the light of their childhood and walk away, just as if they were turning out a light and leaving a room. ”

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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

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 and crassness that has suddenly become accepted behavior, even desirable.

~ Fannie Flagg

Hazel always used to say There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle.

~ Fannie Flagg

It was a stretch to imagine that Barbara Walters might want to give it all up for Ed Couch, but Evelyn tried her hardest. Of course, even though she was not religious, it was a comfort to know that the Bible backed her up in being a doormat.

~ Fannie Flagg