Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye Quotes

“Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.”
― Florence King, Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye

“To make sure I learned the etiquette of grieving, Granny took me with her to the many funerals she attended. O Death, where is thy sting? Search me. I grew up looking at so many corpses that I still feel a faint touch of surprise whenever I see people move.”
― Florence King, Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye

“Children have no business expressing opinions on anything except "Do you have enough room in the toes?”
― Florence King, Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye

“Nothing is more frustrating than sitting in an office amid typewriters and mimeographers when you know what deus ex machina means.”
― Florence King, Reflections in a Jaundiced Eye