“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

“It takes a lot of time and money to look this cheap, honey,”

“Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”

“People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there.”

“I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash.”

“My daddy has a chain five miles long, on each link a heart for a lover he has lost.”

“I would never stoop so low as to be fashionable.”