Marriage Quote by Ron Rash

John Lane has long been recognized as one of the South's finest poets and memoirists. This debut establishes him as one of our finest…

— Ron Rash

Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything I've learned about poetry - the concision, the…

— Ron Rash

“Dead and still in the world was worse than dead and in the ground. Dead in the ground at least gave you the hope…

— Ron Rash

“We want what's in this world but we also want what ain't.”

— Ron Rash

“The song was wistful as the ballads Slidell and the Clayton brothers played, except words weren't needed to feel the yearning. That made the…

— Ron Rash

“What does eminent domain mean?” Stewart asked. “It means you’re shit out of luck,” Ross said.”

— Ron Rash

“The world is ripe, and we'll pluck it like an apple from a tree.”

— Ron Rash

Steve Yarbrough is a writer of many gifts, but what makes Safe from the Neighbors such a magnificent achievement is its moral complexity. .…

— Ron Rash

“The lift of her heart she'd felt on the outcrop she now felt again, and it wasn't just love. She'd felt love before, known…

— Ron Rash

“Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can’t see nothing.”

— Ron Rash

“Rachel kneeled beside Jacob. She took the child's hand and pressed it to the dirt. Her father had told Rachel that Harmons had been…

— Ron Rash

Faulkner came from my region and taught me how you could write about a place.

— Ron Rash