“That's the way it is at some point in life. An inevitable consequence of living. A lot of things begin falling away.” — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
We are not strong enough to stand up against endless grief, And yet pain is the constant drone of life. So if… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“Survive long enough and you get to a far point in life where nothing else of particular interest is going to happen.… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
No looking back. Life goes one way only, and whatever opinions you hold about the past having nothing to do with anything… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do was slap him down a bit with wit and words. Grammar and vocabulary as a weapon. But… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
She wondered if literature might lose some of its interest when she reached an age or state of mind where her life… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“Inman guessed Swimmer's spells were right in saying a man's spirit could be torn apart and cease and yet his body keep… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
So of course time is necessary. But nevertheless damn painful, for it transforms all the pieces of your life - joy and… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“Life can get fucked up fast when you try to be a pleaser. Because people won't ever be pleased, not even if… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“Musicians add to songs and they evolve: For as was true of human effort, there was never advancement. Everything added meant something… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
What you have lost will not be returned to you; it always be lost. You’re left with only your scars to mark… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
And then she thought that you went on living one day after another, and in time you were somebody else, your previous… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“They [in the northern country] had, as well, invented a holiday called Thanksgiving, which Ruby had only recently got news of, but from what… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret. — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
All I can say is that we are mistaken to gouge such a deep rift in history that the things old men and old… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“Monroe had in fact preached that God was not at all such a one as ourselves, not one to be temperamentally inclined to tread… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
It's a good thing war is so terrible or else we'd get to liking it too much. — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“Among themselves, they had figured out how to go about marriage so as to accomplish the least damage. The husbands lived two hours away...” — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
The past is a stronger influence in the South. But I think everywhere you have this sense that the world changes faster than you… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
While writing 'Cold Mountain,' I held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as I wrote. One was an early map of… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“When Ada disappeared into the trees, it was like a part of the richness of the world had gone with her. He had been… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
