By the way, is there anything sadder than toys on a grave?

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.

Marriage. Isn't it great? Each time you fall back in love with your [spouse] it gets better and better.

The food in the South is as important as food anywhere because it defines a person's culture.

No matter what you look like, there's somebody who's gonna think you're the handsomest man in the world.

Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.

You never know what's in a person's heart until they're tested, do you?