People cain't help being what they are any more than a skunk can help being a skunk. Don't you think if they had their choice they would rather be something else? Sure they would. People are just weak.

I believe in God, but I don't think you have to go crazy to prove it.

Remember, if people talk about you behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead of them.

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

Don't give up before the miracle happens.

It's funny, most people can be around someone and they gradually begin to love them and never know exactly when it happened; but Ruth knew the very second it happened to her. When Idgie had grinned at her and tried to hand her that jar of honey, all these feelings that she had been trying to hold back came flooding through her, and it was at that second in time that she knew she loved Idgie with all her heart.

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