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> [“Mountains have long-lost kinfolk on the other side of the Atlantic. The bloodline that marks that kinship is a vein of a green mineral called serpentine ...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/mountains-have-long-lost-kinfolk-on-the-other-side-of-the-atlantic/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

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## More by Sharyn McCrumb

> [“Seasons didn't come behind the nicotine-stained walls of Mountain City's prison, so Harm always imagined it spring--the locust trees clustered with shaggy white blooms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/seasons-didn-t-come-behind-the-nicotine-stained-walls-of-mountain/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [SHADOW KNIGHT'S MATE is a compelling story, extremely well-written and alarmingly plausible. Jay Brandon does for politics what Dan Brown did for religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/shadow-knight-s-mate-is-a-compelling-story-extremely-well-written-and/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [Cities are judged by their richest inhabitants and rural areas are judged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/cities-are-judged-by-their-richest-inhabitants-and-rural-areas-are/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [“The people who live happily ever after - they don't appear in the history books. They just fade away. I reckon that's what happiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/the-people-who-live-happily-ever-after-they-don-t-appear-in-the/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [I wonder which is worse-the death, not knowing what comes after, or the wedding, when you think you know, but you're wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/i-wonder-which-is-worse-the-death-not-knowing-what-comes-after-or-the/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [Nobody has time to write a book. Some people just do it anyhow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/nobody-has-time-to-write-a-book-some-people-just-do-it-anyhow/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [Machines seem to sense that I am afraid of them. It makes them hostile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/machines-seem-to-sense-that-i-am-afraid-of-them-it-makes-them-hostile/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [“Oh, son, hardly anybody wants to leave. These mountains are more than just a place for folks around here.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/oh-son-hardly-anybody-wants-to-leave-these-mountains-are-more-than/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [Trying to act normal is the most unnatural behavior of all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/trying-to-act-normal-is-the-most-unnatural-behavior-of-all/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [“There is a time in late September when the leaves are still green, and the days are still warm, but somehow you know that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/there-is-a-time-in-late-september-when-the-leaves-are-still-green-and/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [“Being a professional writer is a lot like being a hooker. You'd better find out if you're any good at it before you start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/being-a-professional-writer-is-a-lot-like-being-a-hooker-you-d-better/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [High school and equality are forever incompatible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/high-school-and-equality-are-forever-incompatible/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [“The most momentous events in life—baptisms, weddings, and funerals—don’t seem to take much time, but the effects of them bind up the whole of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/the-most-momentous-events-in-life-baptisms-weddings-and-funerals-don/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [Boondocks' is simply the Tagalog word for mountains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/boondocks-is-simply-the-tagalog-word-for-mountains/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

> [You take a handful of rocks and put them in a jar. Then once a week, you take one tiny pebble out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharyn-mccrumb/you-take-a-handful-of-rocks-and-put-them-in-a-jar-then-once-a-week/)

[Sharyn McCrumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharyn-mccrumb/)

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