Author: Florence King

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Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time.

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

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.

Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.

- Florence King

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.

- Florence King

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.

- Florence King

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them.

American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them.

- Florence King

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.

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

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