I think that people that are not sensitive, who seem to bang through life, do survive, but I don't think they get the really soaring feelings that people who are more artistically bent can get.

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 just know there's an albino living in the colored quarters. I can feel it in my bones.

I have a lot of friends that are ex-Miss Alabamas and ex-Miss Georgias.

Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.

You're just a bee charmer, Idgie Threadgoode. That's what you are, a bee charmer.

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