John Berendt Quotes

“What I enjoy most…is living like an aristocrat without the burden of having to be one. Blue bloods are so inbred and weak. All those generations of importance and grandeur to live up to. No wonder they lack ambition. I don’t envy them.”

“It’s only the trappings of aristocracy that I find worthwhile-the fine furniture, the paintings, the silver- the very things they have to sell when the money runs out.”

“You mustn’t be taken in by the moonlight and magnolias. There’s more to Savannah than that. Things can get very murky.”