--- title: "1 Campbell Quotes By Ron Rash" description: "1 Campbell quotes by Ron Rash. Plus more from Ron Rash and more Campbell sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/ron-rash-10377_bible_the-name-s-old-testament-derivation-did_2594548.png" --- > [“The name's Old Testament derivation did not surprise him. Campbell's first name was Exra, and there was an Absalom and a Solomon in the camp. But no Lukes or Matthews, which Buchanan had once noted, telling Pemberton that from his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/the-name-s-old-testament-derivation-did-not-surprise-him-campbell-s/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/ron-rash-10377_bible_the-name-s-old-testament-derivation-did_2594548.png) ## More by Ron Rash > [John Lane has long been recognized as one of the South's finest poets and memoirists. This debut establishes him as one of our finest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/john-lane-has-long-been-recognized-as-one-of-the-south-s-finest-poets/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [“Maybe calling it being hitched ain’t the prettiest way to say you’re married, but it’s the truth to my mind and true in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/maybe-calling-it-being-hitched-ain-t-the-prettiest-way-to-say-you-re/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything I've learned about poetry - the concision, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/short-fiction-is-the-medium-i-love-the-most-because-it-requires-that/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [“Dead and still in the world was worse than dead and in the ground. Dead in the ground at least gave you the hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/dead-and-still-in-the-world-was-worse-than-dead-and-in-the-ground/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [“We want what's in this world but we also want what ain't.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/we-want-what-s-in-this-world-but-we-also-want-what-ain-t/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [“The song was wistful as the ballads Slidell and the Clayton brothers played, except words weren't needed to feel the yearning. That made the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/the-song-was-wistful-as-the-ballads-slidell-and-the-clayton-brothers/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [“What does eminent domain mean?” Stewart asked. “It means you’re shit out of luck,” Ross said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/what-does-eminent-domain-mean-stewart-asked-it-means-you-re-shit-out/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [“The world is ripe, and we'll pluck it like an apple from a tree.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/the-world-is-ripe-and-we-ll-pluck-it-like-an-apple-from-a-tree/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [Steve Yarbrough is a writer of many gifts, but what makes Safe from the Neighbors such a magnificent achievement is its moral complexity. .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/steve-yarbrough-is-a-writer-of-many-gifts-but-what-makes-safe-from/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [“The lift of her heart she'd felt on the outcrop she now felt again, and it wasn't just love. She'd felt love before, known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/the-lift-of-her-heart-she-d-felt-on-the-outcrop-she-now-felt-again/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [“Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can’t see nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/most-folks-stay-in-the-dark-and-then-complain-they-can-t-see-nothing/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [“Rachel kneeled beside Jacob. She took the child's hand and pressed it to the dirt. Her father had told Rachel that Harmons had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/rachel-kneeled-beside-jacob-she-took-the-child-s-hand-and-pressed-it/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [Faulkner came from my region and taught me how you could write about a place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/faulkner-came-from-my-region-and-taught-me-how-you-could-write-about/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [I usually do at least a dozen drafts and progressively make more-conscious decisions. Because I've always believed stories are closer to poems than novels,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/i-usually-do-at-least-a-dozen-drafts-and-progressively-make-more/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) > [The woman doesn't look up. It's as if she's deaf. Maybe she is. Maybe she's like the Cambodian women I've read about, the ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-rash/the-woman-doesn-t-look-up-it-s-as-if-she-s-deaf-maybe-she-is-maybe/) [Ron Rash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-rash/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/campbell/ron-rash/#itemlist", "name": "1 Campbell Quotes By Ron Rash", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The name's Old Testament derivation did not surprise him. Campbell's first name was Exra, and there was an Absalom and a Solomon in the camp. 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