Florence King Quotes about Home

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A home without a grandmother is like an egg without salt.

A home without a grandmother is like an egg without salt.

Florence King

Home, Grandmother, Eggs

Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.65, Macmillan

Recently while browsing in a secondhand bookstore I bought a paperback copy of The Intellectual and the City, but I was unable to read it. When I got home I discovered that the original owner had highlighted the entire book - literally. Every line on every page had been drawn through with a bright green Magic Marker. It was a terrifying example of a mind that had lost all power of discrimination.

Florence King

Book, Home, Cities

Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.93, Macmillan

Hereditary monarchy offers numerous advantages for America. It is the only form of government able to unify a heterogeneous people. Thanks to centuries of dynastic marriage, the family tree of every royal house is an ethnic grab bag with something for everybody. We need this badly; America is the only country in the world where you can suffer culture shock without leaving home. We can't go on much longer depending upon disasters like Pearl Harbor and the Iranian hostage-taking to "bring us together.

Florence King

Country, Home, Government

Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.125, Macmillan

Owning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same time. To keep citizens puttering in their yards instead of sputtering on the barricades, the government has gladly deprived itself of billions in tax revenues by letting home owners deduct mortgage interest payments.

Florence King

Women, Home, Unique

Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.91, Macmillan