Comments on: Quote of the Day http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Thu, 24 May 2012 13:10:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael Denton http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-29828 Michael Denton Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:15:34 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/#comment-29828 The term is "eccentrics" or just "Aunt Nellie." That's what I love about the South, we don't hide our crazies in an attic, we parade 'em out on the front porch, for all to see. The celebration of the South's more particular elements is at least as old as Faulkner, and is why I love writers like him and Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams, and Harper Lee. The South can be full of charm and grace and wit. It can be a wonderful, wonderful place to live just as much as it can be a close-minded, hateful place to live. The term is “eccentrics” or just “Aunt Nellie.”

That’s what I love about the South, we don’t hide our crazies in an attic, we parade ‘em out on the front porch, for all to see.

The celebration of the South’s more particular elements is at least as old as Faulkner, and is why I love writers like him and Flannery O’Connor, Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams, and Harper Lee. The South can be full of charm and grace and wit. It can be a wonderful, wonderful place to live just as much as it can be a close-minded, hateful place to live.

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