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“We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt 'possum, go to Baptist churches and prefer bourbon to Scotch are likely to be Southerners.”

People Country School Church Support Car Punishment Racing Hunts Grit Baptists Scotch Southerner Bourbon Car Racing Corporal Punishment Possums Stock Car Racing

Book:My Tears Spoiled My Aim, and Other Reflections on Southern Culture

Source: My Tears Spoiled My Aim, and Other Reflections on Southern Culture

“Convalescence. Such an utter weakness that you lie like an animal hibernating, playing possum. You float. You are adrift. Every current is stronger than you.”

Lying Animal Weakness Stronger Illness Currents Floats Adrift Convalescence Possums

Author:Anais Nin

“No parents. You have Uncle Jesse, forever in overalls. Then there's Bo and Duke. What do they do? I never saw them working for food or gas money. You can only kill so many possum.”

Humor Funny Parent Forever Saws Gas Uncles Dukes Overalls Possums Gas Money

Author:Bill Engvall

“Reagan promised everyone a seven-course dinner. Ours turned out to be a possum and a six-pack.”

Courses Six Seven Dinner Packs Six Packs Possums

Author:Jim Hightower

“When possums were introduced in 1837 to start a fur industry, no one predicted that these Australian neighbours would naturalize with destructive enthusiasm, wreaking havoc on gardens and bush alike. Up to 20 million possums a year were killed during the height of the fur trade, but this barely checked their rapid expansion.”

Years Millions Industry Garden Trade Enthusiasm Height Destructive Expansion Rapids Neighbour Australian Fur Havoc Possums

Author:Bee Dawson

“I'm not really scared of a lot of things. I'm scared of possums. And I'm scared of raccoons sometimes, it depends on how big it is - I'm scared of the smaller raccoons because the bigger ones are slower.”

Sometimes Bigs Depends Bigger Scared Raccoons Possums

Author:Vince Staples

“I'd come into town from the bush - after 28 years of field work in natural systems - and become an academic. So I turned my attention to humans, much as I had to possums in the forests.”

Years Humans Natural Attention Fields Towns Forests Academic Possums

Author:Bill Mollison

“I've eaten weird things through the course of my life. I've eaten wild game, I've eaten possum - possum's no good.”

Courses Games Weird Things Possums

Author:Chris Pratt

“Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a 'possum stuck in your collar?”

Faces Stuck Hey Your Face Collars Possums

Author:Bill Watterson

“I was a little excited but mostly blorft. "Blorft" is an adjective I just made up that means 'Completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum.' I have been blorft every day for the past seven years.”

Ifs Years Mean Littles Has Beens Made Past Fine Stress Seven Witty Excited Overwhelmed Seven Years Reacting Adjectives Proceeding Bossypants Possums

Author:Tina Fey

“No, officer, I have no idea why I'm wearing this possum costume. I called you what? OH. My bad." -Nastasya”

Ideas No Idea Officers Costumes Possums

Author:Cate Tiernan

“You can't put this possum in a cage”

Author:George Jones

“Horses are like giant possums that you can ride and they stare at you and have terrifying boners”

Horse Staring Giants Boners Possums

Author:Jeffrey Rowland

“I think that my favourite animal is a baby possum, or a joey. The face of a really little joey is so divine - so, so gorgeous.”

Thinking Littles Faces Animal Divine Baby Favourite Gorgeous Joey Possums

Author:Mem Fox