Culture and Lifestyle Activities and Entertainment TV and Movies The Best Quotes from 'Sweet Magnolias' Season 1 and 2'—' Because We're Already Counting Down Until Season 3 The most memorable one (and two) liners from Season 1 and 2. By Southern Living Editors Updated on January 20, 2023 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Eliza Morse/Netflix If you haven't watched our new favorite Netflix series Sweet Magnolias yet, please grab your best girls, whip up a pitcher of margaritas, and silence your phones because it's time for a girls' night in. And with Season 2 recently added to Netflix and Season 3 on the horizon, it's high time you hop to watching (or rewatching) this binge-worthy, feel-good dramedy. The series, based on the Sweet Magnolias book series by Sherryl Woods, centers on the Serenity magnolias, three best friends from a fictional small town in South Carolina who stand by each other through thick and thin—and always with a quip or heartfelt turn of phrase to suit. Take a look through some of their most memorable quotes from Season 1 and Season 2 of Sweet Magnolias. We bet you'll be positively itching to sit down and pour it out with this quick-tongued, loyal trio who we're hoping against all hope have an opening for a fourth partner in crime. Where do we sign up? 01 of 33 Maddie Townsend CORINNE MUCHA "We got enough storm clouds out there. Don't need you being one too."– Maddie Townsend 02 of 33 Dana Sue Sullivan CORINNE MUCHA "My week had a week."– Dana Sue Sullivan 03 of 33 Helen Decatur CORINNE MUCHA "Sometimes, if we treat people as if they're good, it challenges them to be good."– Helen Decatur 04 of 33 Maddie Townsend CORINNE MUCHA "Tongues will be wagging. That's for sure."– Maddie Townsend 05 of 33 Helen Decatur CORINNE MUCHA "Til the cows come home, you are my best girl."– Helen Decatur 06 of 33 Helen Decatur CORINNE MUCHA "I truly, truly believe that there is not a problem in this world that cannot be solved by having a drink and a talk with the two of you."– Helen Decatur 07 of 33 Dana Sue Sullivan CORINNE MUCHA "It is wetter than a submarine with screen doors out there."– Dana Sue Sullivan 08 of 33 Maddie Townsend CORINNE MUCHA "Sometimes you don't have the sense God gave a goose."– Maddie Townsend 09 of 33 Dana Sue Sullivan You gotta admire people that stay somewhere, you know, and put down roots."– Dana Sue Sullivan 10 of 33 Helen & Maddie CORINNE MUCHA Helen: "Do the storms ever stop?" Maddie: "No, but neither do the rainbows." 11 of 33 Dana Sue & Helen CORINNE MUCHA Dana Sue: "It goes perfectly with my 'Are you sure you want my opinion?' lipstick." Helen: "Mmm. I highly recommend the 'Don't make me smack you' nail polish." 12 of 33 Maddie Townsend CORINNE MUCHA "This puddle on the floor, formerly known as Helen, has taught me most of what I know about resiliency."– Maddie Townsend 13 of 33 Helen Decatur CORINNE MUCHA "Your nerves are talking and not your heart. Tell the first to shut up and listen to the second."– Helen Decatur 14 of 33 Dana Sue Sullivan CORINNE MUCHA "Why can't our kids use words instead of symbols like they're Neanderthals painting on a cave wall?"– Dana Sue Sullivan 15 of 33 Helen & Maddie CORINNE MUCHA Helen: "This touches my soul." Maddie: "The companions or the margaritas?" Helen: "Mmm. Yes." 16 of 33 Maddie Townsend CORINNE MUCHA "I'm holding it together by duct tape and happy thoughts and I'm near out of both."– Maddie Townsend 17 of 33 Dana Sue Sullivan CORINNE MUCHA "We all know how painful it can be to kick a man to the curb, but you don't just rebound yourself out of the pan into hellfire."– Dana Sue Sullivan 18 of 33 Dana Sue Sullivan CORINNE MUCHA "I'm tired of building something so a man can kick it down."– Dana Sue Sullivan 19 of 33 Maddie Townsend "Please take your foot off my mood."– Maddie Townsend 20 of 33 Helen Decatur CORINNE MUCHA "Are y'all down for a margarita morning?"– Helen Decatur 21 of 33 Dana Sue Sullivan "No, you did not just 'ma'am' me."– Dana Sue Sullivan 22 of 33 Dana Sue Sullivan CORINNE MUCHA "You always count your first kiss, and then you just keep on kissing till you lose count."– Dana Sue Sullivan 23 of 33 Maddie Townsend "It's the day of rest. Can we give it one, please?"– Maddie Townsend 24 of 33 Maddie Townsend CORINNE MUCHA "God call me home the day I say no to a steak."– Maddie Townsend 25 of 33 Dana Sue Sullivan GRACE CANAAN "Good riddance to bad rubbish." – Dana Sue Sullivan 26 of 33 Farmer Jeremy Reynolds GRACE CANAAN "Grass is always greener where you water it." – Farmer Jeremy Reynolds 27 of 33 Ronnie Sullivan GRACE CANAAN "I've sat in the passenger seat for 20 years while you drove our lives." – Ronnie Sullivan 28 of 33 Cal Maddox GRACE CANAAN "Remembering what a great person said helps me to be a better one." – Cal Maddox 29 of 33 Maddie Townsend GRACE CANAAN "Eight hands are better than two." – Maddie Townsend 30 of 33 Maddie Townsend GRACE CANAAN "Just sat there like a June bug in a bug zapper." – Maddie Townsend 31 of 33 Helen Decatur GRACE CANAAN "Your eyebrows are speaking volumes." – Helen Decatur 32 of 33 Erik to Isaac GRACE CANAAN "That's the thing about a garden. You grow and change and you don't have to get everything right all at once." – Erik to Isaac 33 of 33 Ronnie to Dana Sue GRACE CANAAN "I know I can't fix all the ways I broke our home but the least I can do is fix our house." – Ronnie to Dana Sue Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit