Ron Rash Quotes

Poet

Ron Rash is an American poet born in 1953. His poetry focuses on the rural life of South Carolina, characterized by a unique style and has gained popularity among readers.

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“Furthermore, even if ideas were gettable - say, stacked in a secluded cave like the Dead Sea scrolls - I wouldn't go there. An 'idea,' especially one adhered to from start to finish, can be disastrous for a compelling piece of fiction.”

Ifs Ideas Fiction Pieces Sea Compelling Caves Secluded

Author:Ron Rash

“What I've become convinced makes a writer are the days you hate it, the days you'd rather stick those pencils in your eyes. Sometimes I almost punish myself - if I'm not going be able to write, I'm not going be able to do anything else. I just sit there and wait.”

Ifs Writing Sometimes Eye Able Hate Waiting Sticks Convinced Pencils

Author:Ron Rash

“The woman doesn't look up. It's as if she's deaf. Maybe she is. Maybe she's like the Cambodian women I've read about, the ones who witnessed so many atrocities that they have willed themselves blind. Maybe that's what you have to do sometimes to survive. You kill off part of yourself, your hearing or eyesight, your capacity for hope.”

Ifs Looks Sometimes Capacity Blind Hearing Look Up Deaf Atrocities Eyesight

Author:Ron Rash

“You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn't choose right, things got narrow real quick.”

Ifs Real Choices Right Thing

Book:Serena

Source: Serena

“I don't even have a choice. Rachel thought how that was pretty much true of everything now, that you got one choice at the beginning but if you didn't choose right, and she hadn't, things got narrow real quick. Like trying to wade a river, she thought. You take a wrong step and set your foot on a wobbly rock or in a drop-off and you're swept away, and all you can do then is try to survive.”

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Book:Serena

Source: Serena

About the Author

Born: 1953
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 50

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