Florence King
Florence King
Florence Virginia Kingwas an American novelist, essayist and columnist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth5 January 1936
CountryUnited States of America
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admit capable entirely finally hell lacking ladylike mad wasp
Lacking ladylike poison, Lizzie (Borden) did what every over-civilized, understated Wasp is entirely capable of doing once we finally admit we're mad as hell and aren't going to take it any more: She went from Anglo to Saxon in a trice
golf hat played standing wearing
Golf is tiddlywinks played while standing up and and wearing a hat
home grandmother eggs
A home without a grandmother is like an egg without salt.
suffering looks likes
If we define a misanthrope as 'someone who does not suffer fools and likes to see fools suffer,' we have described a person with something to look forward to.
friendship wall night
Misanthropes have some admirable if paradoxical virtues. It is no exaggeration to say that we are among the nicest people you arelikely to meet. Because good manners build sturdy walls, our distaste for intimacy makes us exceedingly cordial "ships that pass in the night." As long as you remain a stranger we will be your friend forever.
christian kings growing-up
Any hope that America would finally grow up vanished with the rise of fundamentalist Christianity. Fundamentalism, with its born-again regression, its pink-and-gold concept of heaven, its literal-mindedness, its rambunctious good cheer... its anti-intellectualism... its puerile hymns... and its faith-healing... are made to order for King Kid America.
punishment misanthrope mets
If you ever meet someone who cannot understand why solitary confinement is considered punishment, you have met a misanthrope.
queens kings cancer
Kings and queens might do wicked things, but they don't nag. One thing I like about Bloody Mary: she never said a word about lung cancer.
kings children kids
America is not a democracy, it's an absolute monarchy ruled by King Kid. In a nation of immigrants, the child is automatically more of an American than his parents. Americans regard children as what Mr. Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs called betters. Aping their betters, American adults do their best to turn themselves into children. Puerility exercises droit de seigneur everywhere.
prayer school littles
I'm for prayer in the schools because ritual and ceremony are calming and civilizing, and the little fartlings should be tamped down whenever possible.
worry important salt
If whisky or salt won't cure it, then to hell with it. I worry about important things.
money jobs war
It's the Government's job to print the money, deliver the mail and declare war. Now give me my cigarettes.
hate people insecurity
Insecurity breeds treachery: if you are kind to people who hate themselves, they will hate you as well.
hate learning successful
We worship education but hate learning. We worship success but hate the successful. We worship fame but hate the famous.