“But one day leads to another, and so on. No way around it. It's that merciless thing that time does.” — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“Lola's only nugget of wisdom to her little daughters was Never cry, never ever.” — Charles Frazier Daughters Copy Share Image
I was 46 when 'Cold Mountain' came out. I was settled. We had a nice house in Raleigh and a horse farm. — Charles Frazier Cold Copy Share Image
Needing and getting don’t seem likely to match up any time soon... What needs doing is mine to do. — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“But she knew the black hole pulled at you. You stand up to it, or you go down.” — Charles Frazier Black hole Copy Share Image
“the path to contentment was to abide by one's own nature and follow it's path.” — Charles Frazier Contentment Copy Share Image
“The horror is other people. The things they think up to do to you.” — Charles Frazier Horror Copy Share Image
“They say this war is a cloud over the land! But they make the weather and then they stand in the rain… — Charles Frazier Rain 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
Contentment is mostly a matter of talking yourself into believing that God will not strike you too hard for leaning in the… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“Nothing changes what already happened. It will always have happened. You either let it break you down or you don't.” — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“My opinion was that if hogs are biting you so often that you have to stop and make up a specific word… — 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
“And also forever too late for Lily to learn that raging passion predicts nothing but a mess of bad news for everybody.” — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
What I'm certain I don't want is to find myself someday in a new century, an old bitter woman looking back, wishing… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
Publishers give you deadlines for those last phases of production that are perfectly comfortable for them. So, to whatever extent I can,… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
I remember my father checking on a mountain kid who hadn't been coming to school. My father had this beautiful Harris tweed… — Charles Frazier Beautiful Copy Share Image
Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in Black Mask magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler… — Charles Frazier Age Copy Share Image
I've always thought Harper Lee might have made a great decision. Much as you'd like to have more books by her, there's… — Charles Frazier Book 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 Bliss Copy Share Image
“What they need is everything even and smooth. Not love or hate, pleasure or pain, hope or fear, safety or danger. Nobody… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“So she guessed you could word hard to make yourself who you wanted to be and yet find that the passing years… — 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… — Charles Frazier Cold mountain 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 Life 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 Music Copy Share Image
“On thing he discovered with a great deal of astonishment was that music held more for him than just pleasure. There was… — Charles Frazier Creation Copy Share Image
“In his mind, Inman likened the swirling paths of vulture flight to the coffee grounds seeking pattern in his cup. Anyone could… — Charles Frazier Future Copy Share Image
“...it was pointless to think how those years could have been put to better use, for he could hardly have put them… — Charles Frazier Grief 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 Heartbreak 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
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
“A distressingly large portion of the world doesn't do you any good whatsoever.” — Charles Frazier World Copy Share Image
“If I had a brother in jail and one in Georgia, I'd try to bust the one out of Georgia first.” — Charles Frazier Brother Copy Share Image
It always helps me connect with characters, to think about what music they respond to — Charles Frazier Character Copy Share Image
“Luce's new stranger children were small and beautiful and violent.” — Charles Frazier Children Copy Share Image
When all else is lost and gone forever, there is yearning. Only desire trumps time. — Charles Frazier Desire Copy Share Image
“They did what they did, and moved forward despite whatever trail of ashes they left behind.” — Charles Frazier Left behind Copy Share Image
