“On thing he discovered with a great deal of astonishment was that music held more for him than just pleasure. There was… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
It always helps me connect with characters, to think about what music they respond to — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
I do the same things I did when I was 12 years old: I ride bikes, I read books, I walk in… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“From inside the tavern came the sounds of a fiddle being tuned, various plucks and tentative bowings, then a slow and groping… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
If I had to give up reading or give up listening to music, I suspect I'd stick with the music. — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“Ruby said there were many songs that you could not say anybody in particular had made by himself. A song went around… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons.… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
The Sixties were different in an isolated place. We got two television channels if the wind was blowing in the right direction.… — 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
Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons.… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
One thing he discovered with a great deal of astonishment was that music held for him more then just pleasure. There was… — 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
