“He had been alone in the world and empty for so long. But she filled him full, and so he believed everything that had been taken out of him might have been for a purpose. To clear space for something better.” WorldLongHas BeensMightPurposeSpaceTakenClearEmptyFilledMight Have BeenSomething BetterCold Mountain Book:Cold Mountain Source: Cold Mountain
“Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in Black Mask magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler learnt their craft and developed a distinct literary style and attitude toward the modern world.” WorldAgeBlackAttitudeFictionModernStyleCrimeTwentiesMagazinesCraftsMaskModern WorldCrime FictionLiterary Style Author:Charles Frazier
“What I wanted to do was slap him down a bit with wit and words. Grammar and vocabulary as a weapon. But what kind of world would it be if we all took every opportunity presented to us to assault the weak?” IfsWorldLifeKindWantedOpportunityBitsWeaponsWeakWitAssaultVocabularyGrammarSlap Book:Thirteen Moons: A Novel Source: Thirteen Moons: A Novel
“The past is a stronger influence in the South. But I think everywhere you have this sense that the world changes faster than you can accommodate yourself to. Looking back and seeing how you got where you are is a useful way to combat disorientation.” ThinkingWorldWayPastSeeingInfluenceStrongerSouthFasterWhere You AreCombatLooking BackAccommodateDisorientation Author:Charles Frazier
“While writing Cold Mountain, I held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as I wrote. One was an early map of North Carolina. Overlaying it, though, was an imagined map of the landscape Jack travels in the southern Appalachian folktales. He's much the same Jack who climbs the beanstalk, vulnerable and clever and opportunistic.” WorldWritingMindTwoColdMountainCleverVulnerableLandscapeClimbsMapsSouthernGeographyCarolinaNorth CarolinaTwo WorldsAppalachiaFolktalesCold Mountain Author:Charles Frazier
