S.M. Hulse > Quotes

“But the thing about a fiddle was that it was more like the human voice than any other instrument in the world. You could make it sing. You could sustain a note for as long as a breath, longer. You could draw that bow across two strings at once, or slide it from one string to the other in a single downbow, and in doing that you could sound a piercing cry and a low sob at once, joy and sorrow made one.”
― S.M. Hulse, Black River

“So easy to go sailing off this road. A wonder more folks didn't. All that space, waiting.”
― S.M. Hulse, Black River

“But one thing I can tell you for certain is that someone else's faith just ain't much comfort.”
― S.M. Hulse, Black River

“And those tears of yours, Jo. Kills me to think about them even now. I’d have done anything to make them stop.”
― S.M. Hulse, Eden Mine

“She never belittled him though she knew the strength of his doubts”
― S.M. Hulse, Black River