Florida

About Florida

“I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humourous, and continued from there. I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth.”
— Piers Anthony, as quoted in 100 Most Popular Genre Fiction Authors (2005) by Bernard Alger Drew, p. 11
“• Under Florida’s “stand your ground” law, it is legal to shoot anybody for any reason as long as you are standing on the ground.”
— Dave Barry, Best. State. Ever. (2016), Chapter 2
“When I was twelve, I helped my Daddy build a bomb shelter in our basement, because some damn fool parked a dozen warheads ninety miles off the coast of Florida. This thing could park a coupla' hundred warheads off Washington or New York and no-one would know anything about it until it was all over.”
— Larry Ferguson, in The Hunt for Red October (1990), based on the novel by Tom Clancy.
“California, Florida, whatever. Either way, your pale ass is getting a tan.”
— Hubert Selby, Jr., in Requiem for a Dream (2000)
“One nice thing about Florida, it makes Pennsylvania look unspoiled.”
— John Updike, in Rabbit at Rest (1990).
“There’s high awareness of the ballot measure. People understand Amendment 4 is on the ballot. But they don’t necessarily connect that there’s a six-week abortion ban.”
— Alex Berrios, co-founder of the Yes on 4 campaign , according to With days until Election Day, groups make final push for Florida's abortion rights ballot measure (Oct. 30, 2024)

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