“Romulan or Vulcan?' the ushers asked each guest.Marion, who had been poised to say 'friends of the bride' had responded to the question with an open-mouthed stare, and Jay Omega answered, 'Klingon!" which got them seats in the back row of the Romulan side.”
―
Sharyn McCrumb,
Bimbos of the Death Sun
“It couldn't be the beer. Donnie McRory was certain of that. If you sent American beer out to be analyzed, the lab would probably phone up and say, 'Your horse has diabetes.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, Bimbos of the Death Sun
“Boondocks' is simply the Tagalog word for mountains.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, The Devil Amongst the Lawyers
“There is a time in late September when the leaves are still green, and the days are still warm, but somehow you know that it is all about to end, as if summer was holding its breath, and when it let it out again, it would be autumn.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, King's Mountain
“The ones that landed near the bathroom are Bad Tolkien imitations or transcripts of a D&D adventure; bad Herbert, Heinlein, and Asimov are below the television; and these on the bed are the ones whose authors I want to hunt down personally and slap.” ― Sharyn McCrumb
“Is the groom going to go where no man has gone before?” ― Sharyn McCrumb, Bimbos of the Death Sun
“Being a professional writer is a lot like being a hooker. You'd better find out if you're any good at it before you start charging for it.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, Bimbos of the Death Sun
“The most momentous events in life—baptisms, weddings, and funerals—don’t seem to take much time, but the effects of them bind up the whole of your existence.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, The Unquiet Grave
“Wild steep mountains floating in a haze of cloud...a sea of green trees swallowing the hills and valleys, and curling around the trails and rivers, with the wind in the leaves as its tide.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, The Songcatcher
“The people who live happily ever after - they don't appear in the history books. They just fade away. I reckon that's what happiness is.Pauline Foster - " The Ballad of Tom Dooley ", Sharyn McCrumb, p. 271” ― Sharyn McCrumb
“A man is always a little shamefaced on his wedding day, like a fox caught in a baited trap, ensnared because his greed overcame his better judgment. The menfolk laughed at Charlie that spring day, and said he was caught for sure now. As the bride, I was praised and fussed over, as if I had won a prize or done something marvelous that no one ever did before, and I could not help feeling pleased and clever that I had managed to turn myself from an ordinary girl into a shining bride. Now I think it is a dirty lie. The man is the one who is winning the game that day, though they always pretend they are not, and the poor girl bride is led into a trap of hard work and harsh words, the ripping of childbirth and the drubbing of her man's fists. It is the end of being young, but no one tells her so. Instead they make over her, and tell her how lucky she is. I wonder do slaves get dressed up in finery on the day they are sold.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, The Ballad of Frankie Silver
“Mountains have long-lost kinfolk on the other side of the Atlantic. The bloodline that marks that kinship is a vein of a green mineral called serpentine ...” ― Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills
“Oh, son, hardly anybody wants to leave. These mountains are more than just a place for folks around here.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills
“Seasons didn't come behind the nicotine-stained walls of Mountain City's prison, so Harm always imagined it spring--the locust trees clustered with shaggy white blooms, the wet woods flecked with bloodroot, and wild roses and honeysuckle flashing white among the chestnuts on the mountainsides...” ― Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills
“I always, always wanted to be the Dungeon Master because that's where the creativity lies - in thinking up places, characters and situations. If done well, a game can be a novel in itself.” ― Sharyn McCrumb
“I wonder which is worse-the death, not knowing what comes after, or the wedding, when you think you know, but you're wrong.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, The Ballad of Frankie Silver
“Celebrity is having ten thousand friends and five really sick enemies , all of whom you have never met . WILL never meet if you're lucky . Either you accept that and resolve to live with it , or you get out of the spotlight and hope to God you left in time . Because if anybody still remembers you from one flash of fame twenty years ago , then anonymity is not an option .” ― Sharyn McCrumb
“What profession doesn’t make mistakes? Cooks cover their errors with sauces; architects, with ivy; and doctors cover theirs with sod.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, The Unquiet Grave
“That was when I realized how fragile a cultural tradition is. If just one generation breaks the chain, a bit of the family’s cultural heritage can be lost forever. Each of us is the only link between the past and the future. All the songs and stories you heard from your elders, all the people you knew as a child who are gone now, all the family traditions—if you don’t keep them alive by sharing them with the next generation, they will disappear.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills
“It couldn't be the beer. Donnie McRory was certain of that. If you sent American beer out to be analyzed, the lab would probably phone up and say, 'Your horse has diabetes.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, Bimbos of the Death Sun
“Boondocks' is simply the Tagalog word for mountains.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, The Devil Amongst the Lawyers
“There is a time in late September when the leaves are still green, and the days are still warm, but somehow you know that it is all about to end, as if summer was holding its breath, and when it let it out again, it would be autumn.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, King's Mountain
“The ones that landed near the bathroom are Bad Tolkien imitations or transcripts of a D&D adventure; bad Herbert, Heinlein, and Asimov are below the television; and these on the bed are the ones whose authors I want to hunt down personally and slap.” ― Sharyn McCrumb
“Is the groom going to go where no man has gone before?” ― Sharyn McCrumb, Bimbos of the Death Sun
“Being a professional writer is a lot like being a hooker. You'd better find out if you're any good at it before you start charging for it.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, Bimbos of the Death Sun
“The most momentous events in life—baptisms, weddings, and funerals—don’t seem to take much time, but the effects of them bind up the whole of your existence.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, The Unquiet Grave
“Wild steep mountains floating in a haze of cloud...a sea of green trees swallowing the hills and valleys, and curling around the trails and rivers, with the wind in the leaves as its tide.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, The Songcatcher
“The people who live happily ever after - they don't appear in the history books. They just fade away. I reckon that's what happiness is.Pauline Foster - " The Ballad of Tom Dooley ", Sharyn McCrumb, p. 271” ― Sharyn McCrumb
“A man is always a little shamefaced on his wedding day, like a fox caught in a baited trap, ensnared because his greed overcame his better judgment. The menfolk laughed at Charlie that spring day, and said he was caught for sure now. As the bride, I was praised and fussed over, as if I had won a prize or done something marvelous that no one ever did before, and I could not help feeling pleased and clever that I had managed to turn myself from an ordinary girl into a shining bride. Now I think it is a dirty lie. The man is the one who is winning the game that day, though they always pretend they are not, and the poor girl bride is led into a trap of hard work and harsh words, the ripping of childbirth and the drubbing of her man's fists. It is the end of being young, but no one tells her so. Instead they make over her, and tell her how lucky she is. I wonder do slaves get dressed up in finery on the day they are sold.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, The Ballad of Frankie Silver
“Mountains have long-lost kinfolk on the other side of the Atlantic. The bloodline that marks that kinship is a vein of a green mineral called serpentine ...” ― Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills
“Oh, son, hardly anybody wants to leave. These mountains are more than just a place for folks around here.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills
“Seasons didn't come behind the nicotine-stained walls of Mountain City's prison, so Harm always imagined it spring--the locust trees clustered with shaggy white blooms, the wet woods flecked with bloodroot, and wild roses and honeysuckle flashing white among the chestnuts on the mountainsides...” ― Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills
“I always, always wanted to be the Dungeon Master because that's where the creativity lies - in thinking up places, characters and situations. If done well, a game can be a novel in itself.” ― Sharyn McCrumb
“I wonder which is worse-the death, not knowing what comes after, or the wedding, when you think you know, but you're wrong.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, The Ballad of Frankie Silver
“Celebrity is having ten thousand friends and five really sick enemies , all of whom you have never met . WILL never meet if you're lucky . Either you accept that and resolve to live with it , or you get out of the spotlight and hope to God you left in time . Because if anybody still remembers you from one flash of fame twenty years ago , then anonymity is not an option .” ― Sharyn McCrumb
“What profession doesn’t make mistakes? Cooks cover their errors with sauces; architects, with ivy; and doctors cover theirs with sod.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, The Unquiet Grave
“That was when I realized how fragile a cultural tradition is. If just one generation breaks the chain, a bit of the family’s cultural heritage can be lost forever. Each of us is the only link between the past and the future. All the songs and stories you heard from your elders, all the people you knew as a child who are gone now, all the family traditions—if you don’t keep them alive by sharing them with the next generation, they will disappear.” ― Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills
