“It's true that when anyone dies, the other dead rise up abd die all over again.” — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
I was raised in a little church, the Grundy Methodist Church, that was very straight-laced, but I had a friend whose mother… — Lee Smith Church Copy Share Image
I write about people in small towns; I don't write about people living in big cities. My kind of storytelling depends upon… — Lee Smith About Copy Share Image
“Myself I love a thunderstorm better than anything. Sometimes I will run to the top of the hill to whirl around and… — Lee Smith Lightning Copy Share Image
“I want to be Tragedy, I want to be Juliet, I want to be Romeo. Thus with a kiss I die.” — Lee Smith Feel-everything Copy Share Image
“Away acrost his valley he sees Black Mountain rising jagged to the sky...and if he looks to the left on past it,… — Lee Smith Mountains Copy Share Image
People are so busy positioning themselves before the screen and talking on the damn cellphones, communicating, that we're not reading, and in… — Lee Smith Before Copy Share Image
“People can act so nice, bringing you food and all, but in the end they are nothing but buzzards. Waiting to pick… — Lee Smith Death-and-sickness Copy Share Image
“Oh, if our children actually knew how much we love them, they’d never be able to hit any of these balls, they’d… — Lee Smith Children Copy Share Image
“Heyday, now that is a funny word ain't it? Part of a heyday is, you don't never know you are having yourself… — Lee Smith Aging Copy Share Image
I think as the world changes, we have to keep up. We have to note what is happening, and I think writing… — Lee Smith About Copy Share Image
“And are we not all “mere guests” upon this whirling earth?” — Lee Smith Life philosophy Copy Share Image
“Oh I know what they say about us in town, and I say, the hell with them! I tell you, I don't… — Lee Smith Humor Copy Share Image
“But I would do it all again, every bit of it, I would lose him again just to have him again for… — Lee Smith Eternal love Copy Share Image
“They say experience is the best teacher, but I'll be damned if I know what it teaches you.” — Lee Smith Best teacher Copy Share Image
