Florence King Quotes

Most popular Florence King Quotes

The more immoral we become in big ways, the more puritanical we become in little ways. - Florence King quote.
The more immoral we become in big ways, the more puritanical we become in little ways.
— Florence King Lump It Or Leave It

immorality

Insecurity breeds treachery: if you are kind to people who hate themselves, they will hate you as well. - Florence King quote.
Insecurity breeds treachery: if you are kind to people who hate themselves, they will hate you as well.
— Florence King With Charity Toward None: A Fond Look at Misanthropy

insecurity

I like to use as few commas as possible so that sentences will go down in one swallow without touching the sides. - Florence King quote.
I like to use as few commas as possible so that sentences will go down in one swallow without touching the sides.
— Florence King Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye

punctuation

Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners. - Florence King quote.
Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.
— Florence King Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye

wit

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty—as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it. - Florence King quote.
Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty—as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.
— Florence King Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye

creativity worship

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 quote.
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

writers

Since we're all human, since anybody can make mistakes, since nobody's perfect, and since everybody is 'equal,' a human error is Democracy in action. - Florence King quote.
Since we're all human, since anybody can make mistakes, since nobody's perfect, and since everybody is 'equal,' a human error is Democracy in action.
— Florence King Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye

error

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life.  Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners. - Florence King quote.
The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life.  Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.
— Florence King Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye

women

Humor inspires sympathetic, good-natured laughter and is favored by the "healing power" gang.  Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down. - Florence King quote.
Humor inspires sympathetic, good-natured laughter and is favored by the "healing power" gang.  Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down.
— Florence King Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye

wit humor wit vs. humor