Quotes by King, Florence

Those colorful denizens of male despair, the Bowery bum and the rail-r >>

Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy >>

In its purest sense, nicknaming is an elitist ritual practiced by thos >>

Quotations about Names

Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that the >>

You should never name an animal which is not yours to keep, or which y >>

Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untransla >>

In its purest sense, nicknaming is an elitist ritual practiced by those who cherish hierarchy. For preppies it's a smoke signal that allows Bunny to tell Pooky that they belong to the same tribe, while among the good old boys it serves the cause of masculine dominance by identifying Bear and Wrecker as Alpha males.

King, Florence