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
...she knew in her heart that nature has a preference for a particular order: parents die, then children die. But it was… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“With the snow piling up outside, the warm dry cabin hidden in its fold of the mountain felt like a safe haven… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
That's just pain she said. It goes eventually. And when it's gone, there's no lasting memory. Not the worst of it anyway.… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“Our minds aren't made to hold on to the particulars of pain the way we do bliss. It's a gift God gives… — 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
