“She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation.” BookCasesNeededConversationPagesUnwanted Author:Charles Frazier
“Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons. Also freedom. Not being bought and sold by some idiot employer, not having the moments of her days valued in fractions of a dollar by somebody other than herself.” LittlesBookMomentsAsksSeasonsDollarsPlantWoodsIdiotEmployersFractionsFrantic Book:Nightwoods: A Novel Source: Nightwoods: A Novel
“Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons. Also freedom.” LittlesBookAsksHealingSeasonsPlantWoodsFrantic Book:Nightwoods: A Novel Source: Nightwoods: A Novel
“I do the same things I did when I was 12 years old: I ride bikes, I read books, I walk in the woods. And I listen to music.” YearsBookWalksWoodsBikeListening To MusicWalk In The Woods Author:Charles Frazier
“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 something about just one that's kind of mysterious and nice. On the other hand, the New York gossip about me was that I'd never write another book. So I thought, 'Well, I will then.” WritingWellsKindMadeBookHandsMightDecisionNiceNew YorkMysteriousJust OneGossipHarper Author:Charles Frazier
“One time at the University of Colorado, at a faculty dinner, this professor said to me, 'Well, my goodness, a boy from Appa-lay-chee-a with a Ph.D!' The dinner was in her house. And I said, 'My grandparents didn't have indoor plumbing, but they had more books in their house than you do.' I was a little insulted by the Appa-lay-chee-a business.” WellsLittlesSaidBookHouseBoysGoodnessLaysUniversityDinnerFacultyProfessorsOne TimeGrandparentInsultedColoradoPlumbingIndoor Plumbing Author:Charles Frazier
