Many Americans would die naked in the middle of the road before they'd tell you what's hurt them most. But a born Southerner will show you the cell in their heart that burns the hardest. They'll hold it out to… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
The death of every art form seems imminent at least once in every century; but while the very funeral arrangements go forward, some child is born who is Michelangelo, Picasso, Yeats. — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
Strength just comes in one brand - you. Stand up at sunrise and meet what they send you and keep your hair combed — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
You have to realize that your work is done by your body, and if your body is in very bad health, it's not going… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
“Almost all of my really good times have been silent but have had to end.” — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
“In the next long minute, he felt an understanding spread deep down inside him, an understanding that he'd only felt with animals before--with poor… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
“Every other way is like that -- him waiting for something to happen to him, daring somebody to do something nice such as come… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
What I still ask for daily-for life as long as I have work to do, and work as long as I have life. — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
From the age of six I wanted to be an artist. At that point I meant a painter, but it turned out what I… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern. — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
As a child I thought it was very boring when I had to sit with [my mother] on the city streets, but the time… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
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