“Southern writers have always treated society more as an organism, less as a mechanism, than have Northern writers. That is, Southern writers have viewed society as a repository of experience and wisdom, however dark, rather than as a system of accommodation among individuals, always subject to reform.”

“Southern writers have always treated society more as an organism, less as a mechanism, than have Northern writers. That is, Southern writers have viewed society as a repository of experience and wisdom, however dark, rather than as a system of accommodation among individuals, always subject to reform.”

— Kate Chopin