I've never been very attached to genre labels and never set out intentionally to write historic fiction. Besides, what you consider historic… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation. — Charles Frazier Book Copy Share Image
“Back then, he'd have to leave at the end of August for the start of school, so the week before Labor Day… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“The man had asked, Why do you want sheep? The wool? Meat? Monroe's answer had been, For the atmosphere.” — 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… — 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… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
One time at the University of Colorado, at a faculty dinner, this professor said to me, 'Well, my goodness, a boy from… — Charles Frazier Book Copy Share Image
“In the hovering between sleep and wakefulness, lucid but dreaming, Luce's mind got away from her, and all kinds of empty shit… — Charles Frazier Dreams Copy Share Image
I met people when we lived down in Raleigh who'd ask where I grew up, and I'd say about two hours west… — 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… — Charles Frazier Holiday 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
“They did not talk much while they ate, other than for Ada to say that the Georgia boy did not seem like… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“When Luce did look in the mirror, she thought she might still be sort of pretty, if you went by what most… — Charles Frazier Mirror Copy Share Image
“...for you can grieve your heart out and in the end you are still where you were. All your grief hasn't changed… — Charles Frazier Grief 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
“His spells portrayed the spirit as a frail thing, contstantly under attack and in need of stength, always threatening to die inside… — Charles Frazier Faith Copy Share Image
Mainly because people were what they were and you couldn't change them. most of the time, they couldn't change themselves, even if… — Charles Frazier Change Copy Share Image
“They were both at such an age that they stood on a cusp. They could think in one part of their minds… — Charles Frazier Cold 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 she gathered its features to be, she found it to contain the mark of a tainted culture. To be thankful on just the one day.” quote by Charles Frazier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/charles-frazier-3165_holiday_they-in-the-northern-country-had-as-well_14504.png)
