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to a Southerner it is faux pas, not sins, that matter in this world.
Florence King
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Florence King
Age: 80 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: January 6
Essayist
Journalist
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Washington
District of Columbia
Florence Virginia King
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I've always said that next to Imperial China, the South is the best place in the world to be an old lady.
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My object is to live in a place that does not call itself 'the community with a heart.' I want one of those godforsaken towns where all the young people leave and the rest sit on the porch with a rifle across their knees.
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It's the Government's job to print the money, deliver the mail and declare war. Now give me my cigarettes.
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In its purest sense, nicknaming is an elitist ritual practiced by those who cherish hierarchy. For preppies it's a smoke signal that allows Bunny to tell Pooky that they belong to the same tribe, while among the good old boys it serves the cause of masculine dominance by identifying Bear and Wrecker as Alpha males.
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If you ever meet someone who cannot understand why solitary confinement is considered punishment, you have met a misanthrope.
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Why do I hate people? Who else is there to hate?
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The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.
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Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt.
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Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.
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If whisky or salt won't cure it, then to hell with it. I worry about important things.
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For men who want to flee Family Man America and never come back, there is a guaranteed solution: homosexuality is the new French Foreign Legion.
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Now the only thing I miss about sex is the cigarette afterward. Next to the first one in the morning, it's the best one of all. It tasted so good that even if I had been frigid I would have pretended otherwise just to be able to smoke it.
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