He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood. Florence King doublefastfeminism Change image and share on social
Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs. Florence King embalmjobpeople Change image and share on social
I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home. Florence King bingobunchfind Change image and share on social
True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories. Florence King compositiondisjointephemeral Change image and share on social
In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order. Florence King beebiteconvention Change image and share on social
American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them. Florence King americanavoidcounselor Change image and share on social
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. Florence King afterwardcigarettefrigid share on social
To achieve the very pinnacle of good taste, the neoclassicists wrote their plays entirely in alexandrine verse, a rarefied meter that is uniquely tailored to the French language and fits no other. Florence King achievealexandrinefit Change image and share on social
Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time. Florence King hearthumaninterpreter Change image and share on social
Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in. Florence King metaphorstrainwriter Change image and share on social
